wifes great something grand dad backed the wrong side in a scottish war and was shipped to massatwoshits as a slave. worked his way to freedom just in time for the revolution. was killed on the first day.
didn't have to be black to be a slave

the consolidation of the states into one vast republic, sure to be aggressive abroad and despotic at home, will be the certain precursor of that ruin which has overwhelmed all those that have preceded. Robert E Lee
~Molɔ̀ːn Labé Skýla~