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Willie Lynch Letter: The Making of a Slave

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“You must use the dark skin slaves vs. the light skin slaves, and the light skin slaves vs. the dark skin slaves . . .” - Willie Lynch

With the release of the movie Django last month and this month is Black History Month – we thought we would post this speech delivered by Willie Lynch on the bank of the James River in the colony of Virginia in 1712.  Continue reading

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