@ashton Based on exceptions for public health in HIPAA, the AGs might be able to do it.

@MissingThePt So, lemme get this straight: Brown Shirts (proto-nazis) are getting residual income from twitter? Is that right? So which WUFENS members are on Twitter's board? Honestly, this historical and political ignorance and vitriol just muddies the waters of politics. Neo-Nazism and Christian Identity politics are a real problem and you aren't helping with this bigotry. Alt-Right and Alt-Left use the same tactics for different goals, but they are both socialists. Fight socialists.

@MuddyMagee @Deglassco Interesting. So, are the resources to verify such a pivotal event not available? Perhaps, I misunderstood, then? I assumed that a complete record was available, is this not the case? Does she then have the court transcript? I would love be to read that. Sadly, my access to primary resources is limited because I am poor and must rely on open sources. What I am searching for is the record that declares perpetual servitude by whom and to whom. It is a lead. Thank you.

@Deglassco A complete mention of this disposition is important. I get that such research is tedious and expensive, but this case is so pivotal to the history of slavery that it deserves the greatest scrutiny.

@Deglassco I do appreciate your attempt to provide context, it falls short and seems disingenuous. First, this man was not an African-American. He was African. He could be characterized as Anglo-African at best. You provided sufficient evidence to belie your allusion that white and black indenture were treated differently. The judge you quoted stated that all three were given 30 lashes. You have nothing to substantiate a claim of permanent indenture.

@trek_multiverse How trustworthy is Satie in THIS universe?

@openDemocracy Change the future to what? All I see from this lot is making it harder for working class people to feed themselves while they make themselves richer by driving prices up.