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