John Overholt on Nostr: An absolutely astonishing piece of historical detection that has rewritten our ...

An absolutely astonishing piece of historical detection that has rewritten our understanding an 18th century portrait of one of the most learned Black men of the period. Works best I think in this lecture video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eZEAiXl6hNY Also available as an LRB article: https://www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v46/n22/fara-dabhoiwala/a-man-of-parts-and-learning via nprofile1qy2hwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnddaehgu3wwp6kyqpq30tte4rxeerq3lx2zfhrgm2nex67q8gguw7j69uv9ftrvx99c6qq74h6ps (nprofile…h6ps)