Two Different Directions, Never the twain shall meet?
We have all heard of Paul Revere’s Midnight Ride. Revere’s ride was iconized by the Longfellow poem self-titled as “Paul Revere’s Ride.” Some historical listings of the other Midnight Riders have no mention of Wentworth Cheswell, the son of a former slave Hopestill Cheswell. His mother was a white woman named Katherine Keniston. Paul Revere … Continue reading
The Invisible People
The movie “12 Years a Slave” was a creative depiction of a true story in the antebellum south. In one of the movie’s most iconic scenes, the slave character named Patsey(Lupita Nyong’o) is brutally beaten with a whip. The beating was in response to violating the jealous slave master’s wife’s cruel objection to Patsey washing. … Continue reading
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