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Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
Deglassco ("Dr. D. Elisabeth Glassco") wrote:
Eight years.
Mud, frostbite, hunger, blood, and revolution. And when it ended—when the republic was born—Billy Lee returned to Mount Vernon not as a citizen. But as property. A body. An asset. A man owned.
6/20
Image: 18th century engraving defecting George Washington meeting with his generals. One of the Black men in the upper left corner may be William Lee.
