11 min

Perspectives on Freedom: An African-American Anecdote American History

    • History

An autobiographical, historical metaphorical account of the African American experience. Holloway examines the grave epitaph of freed-slave John Jacks: “God wills us free/ Man wills us slaves/I will what God wills/ God’s will be done". He explores the irony of American ideal of freedom defined by slavery.

An autobiographical, historical metaphorical account of the African American experience. Holloway examines the grave epitaph of freed-slave John Jacks: “God wills us free/ Man wills us slaves/I will what God wills/ God’s will be done". He explores the irony of American ideal of freedom defined by slavery.

11 min

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