Jeff Jarvis on Nostr: Fascinating. “That devil in sheepskin called the Constitution of the United ...
Fascinating.
“That devil in sheepskin called the Constitution of the United States,” the man wrote, is “the great chain that binds the north and south together, a union to rob and plunder the sons of Africa, a union cemented with human blood, and blackened with the guilt of 68 years.”
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A Furious, Forgotten Slave Narrative Resurfaces After Nearly 170 Years
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/23/arts/john-jacobs-slavery-discovery.html?unlocked_article_code=1.uU0.pD_R.IfH8kZJz4Y3i&smid=url-share
“That devil in sheepskin called the Constitution of the United States,” the man wrote, is “the great chain that binds the north and south together, a union to rob and plunder the sons of Africa, a union cemented with human blood, and blackened with the guilt of 68 years.”
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A Furious, Forgotten Slave Narrative Resurfaces After Nearly 170 Years
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/23/arts/john-jacobs-slavery-discovery.html?unlocked_article_code=1.uU0.pD_R.IfH8kZJz4Y3i&smid=url-share