Oprah is still a little insecure, unfortunately, and these men make her feel she has a solid base.

It seems more likely he saw her when she threw her arms out and moved toward the street.

They’re having dinner with Dave Chappelle, too.

It’s the same old b.s.; know your place and stay in it - the bottom - because they aren’t comfortable with anything else. Too scary.

Indentured servants were also entitled to “freedom payments” at the end of their indenture - of course, many times they got nothing.

Before the Irish, the Germans were suspect, because too many were coming in and they kept speaking German - they even had German newspapers. Franklin called them “swarthy.” Some were indentured servants, like my ancestor, Leonard Ihrig (1773). But eventually they became white, for the same reason white women got the…

“Migrate” implies voluntary effort. My ancestors “migrated.”

Slave advertisements did not include names and gave only limited information: gender, work skills, approximate age, sometimes origin or “has had smallpox.” Runaway advertisements were much more detailed, including names, clothing descriptions, physical attributes, and identifying marks.

I have a DVD of a speech he gave in Berkeley, I think 1979. He was introduced by a very sweet Angela Davis. I loved the film, too.

Laws were passed later which specified that Christian baptism did not make a slave free.