Two things can be true. Slavery existed in Africa before Europeans arrived, through war captives, debt pawnship, punishment and the trans Saharan trade that moved captives north for centuries. Most of the time, though, captives in these societies could be absorbed into households, marry, rise and see their children counted as kin.
Just signed off on edits to Simon Doonan’s wonderful contribution to the Oldster anthology, and I don’t want to give away anything about it except to say it made me dig up this photo from 5 years ago and send it to him.
Just know this is on my mood board and plans are being made…
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I wanted to share a little fall cooking bucket list 🍂
— make a giant pot of soup
— bake something with lots of apples
— make a homemade bread loaf
— host a cozy dinner at home
— make way too much chicken stock
— find one new recipe that becomes a favorite
Am I missing anything ??
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Love when substacks give birth.
Nice work, The Hamptons Chronicle
