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Ladies and gentlemen of this Old South kangaroo court. As co-counsel with Mr. Fredrick Douglass in defense of the slaves, I will summarize Mr. Douglass points, add others he did not mention, and address a wider concept of whether the slaves engaged in stealing. Although the purpose of a closing argument is to persuasively present the substance of the facts without generating hostility, I must tell the truth, no matter how painful.
By Sylvester McGill
In the early 1950s there were a very few Black voters. In the Mexican community the vote was almost non-existant. Mexicans were barely surviving on starvation wages as they were only hired to perform stoop labor in Californias vast Agri-business.
In the early 1950s there were a very few Black voters. In the Mexican community the vote was almost non-existant. Mexicans were barely surviving on starvation wages as they were only hired to perform stoop labor in Californias vast Agri-business.
Blacks in San Bernardino County deserve to live as long as Whites, Hispanics and Asians, but Blacks die younger than any other race. The life expectancy of an African-American male in San Bernardino County is 56.3 years while his White counterpoint lives to be 69.4 years old.
In the defense of the slaves regarding the issue of Did the slaves steal? I will join Fredrick Douglass (My Bondage and my Freedom) as co-counsel in the fictitious Antebellum (before the Civil War) courtroom scene.
Early August, indelibly separated now by the great power failure that hit much of the Northeast and Midwest, seems in some ways a long time ago. But something happened in this months early days that should not be overlooked.
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