Trove Of Artifacts Trumpets African-American Triumphs

de bene esse: literally, of well-being, morally acceptable but subject to future validation or exception

"They went through slavery and still accomplished. So we can't say, 'I'm tired, I don't feel like doing this.' That's not an excuse."

Trove Of Artifacts Trumpets African-American Triumphs

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Seventeen-year-old Tonisha Owens stared wide-eyed at the faded script on an 1854 letter. It was once carried by another 17-year-old — a slave named Frances.