Perspectives on Freedom: An African-American Anecdote

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Jonathan Holloway, Yale Professor of History, African American Studies and American Studies, Master of Calhoun College, examines the African American experience and the American idea of freedom. (March 13, 2007)

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An autobiographical, historical metaphorical account of the African American experience. Holloway examines the grave epitaph of freed-slave John Jacks: “God wills us free/ Man wills us slaves/I will what God wills/ God’s will be done". He explores the irony of American ideal of freedom defined by slavery. (March 13, 2007)

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