Daily Archives: January 26, 2023
The Table Is Turned
“On large plantations, the person who directed the daily work of the slaves was the overseer, usually a white man but occasionally an enslaved black man—a “driver”—promoted to the position by his master.” http://nationalhumanitiescenter.org/pds/maai/enslavement/text4/text4read.htm A “black man—a “driver”—promoted to the position by his master.” That role seems to have been taken over today by (some) […]
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