This kind of story pops up a lot in Pasadena. My favorite plant nursery was owned by a Japanese family beginning in 1923; when they were interned, Mexican neighbors ran it for two years. They handed it right back to the Takemuras when they returned to run it– for another 50 years. It's still there.
Emily J. Edwards
Happy Evacuation Day!
While Boston celebrates the retreat of the British in 1776, let's also remember the Black Bostonians who found their freedom by leaving Massachusetts with the British.
Pompey Fleet was a skilled printer enslaved by the Fleet family (printers/booksellers/auctioneers) in Boston
I contributed to this.
www.thecrimson.com/article/2026...
Harvard Legacy of Slavery Initiative Releases Database Identifying 1,613 Enslaved PeopleHarvard Legacy of Slavery Initiative Releases Database Identifying 1,613 Enslaved People www.thecrimson.com/article/2026...
"How bad slavery was" is worse. Much worse. Much worse than you think, much worse than you're taught, much worse than museums depict. Worse.
@elevennames.bsky.social , someone is handling their enslaving clergy with visible leadership.
