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To: MarvinStinson

“Interpretive signage throughout the estate places slavery at the forefront of each historical feature by adding the word ‘enslaved’ before every possible job description, often multiple times: ‘an enslaved cook,’ ‘enslaved postilions,’ ‘Jefferson’s enslaved valet, Burwell Colbert.’”


2 posted on 07/11/2022 4:10:38 PM PDT by MarvinStinson
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To: MarvinStinson

This is not new. 15 years ago I described the tour at Monticello as “all slavery, all the time”. When the docent asked if anyone had any questions, I asked, “Were you ever going to bother to mention that Thomas Jefferson was the author of the Declaration of Independence?”


15 posted on 07/11/2022 5:03:55 PM PDT by Cheesehead in Texas
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