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03-01-2018, 08:15 PM, (This post was last modified: 03-01-2018, 08:16 PM by JMadonna.)
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RE: Dr. Mudd's slave who cooked breakfast for JWB and David Herold
(03-01-2018, 06:18 PM)J. Beckert Wrote: If that's true, (regarding the two 25 cent pieces) it shows a little more of the kindness Booth was noted for and puts another chink in the old "He was a racist" rant from those those that view him through a 21st. Century prism.

Don't go rewriting history so quickly. William Lucas certainly wasn't given compensation when Booth & Herold threw him and his family out of their cabin on the last leg of their journey.
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RE: Dr. Mudd's slave who cooked breakfast for JWB and David Herold - by JMadonna - 03-01-2018, 08:15 PM

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