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Subject:	Re: "Am I not a Man, and a Brother?'
From:	"Steven T. Corneliussen" <[log in to unmask]>
Reply To:	Discussion of research and writing about Virginia history <[log in to unmask]>
Date:	Fri, 29 Sep 2023 19:04:35 +0000
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 > I’d like to know more about the actual words, “Am > I not a Man and a Brother?,” and especially the > source of [the so-captioned icon's] rhetorical power.> To my mind that power comes from what seems a > direct challenge to Jefferson’s “all men are created > equal,” but though I can find works where the phrases> are mentioned near to each other, I so far have found > no comments on the force of what might be a rebuke. 
Thanks, Professor Meyers. If anything turns up, I'll bet I'm not the only forum participant who would be grateful to hear about it. 
Steven T. Corneliussen

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