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Thread #25188   Message #2191481
Posted By: Q (Frank Staplin)
11-Nov-07 - 05:06 PM
Thread Name: Jimmy Crack Corn - Man or Myth
Subject: RE: Jimmy Crack Corn - Man or Myth
Azizi, an article about an exhibition at the V & A Museum, subject young runaway slaves in Great Britain. Runaways
The fashion seemed to be young slaves; they may have learned little about their native culture before being taken. Some were from the Indian subcontinent, not Africa. Runaways lost themselves in the poorest districts of the cities, areas almost unknown to literate Englishmen and, with rare exceptions, not covered in print.
The article does point to some writings of Black people who wrote accounts of their personal experiences.