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A Forgotten Landmark of Civil Rights History
Another lesson
about our
character
sp ira cy to o k p la ce at a tim e w hen
V irg in ia to b a c c o g ro w e rs re lie d
o n b o th s la v e s a n d in d e n tu re d
se rv a n ts to farm to b a c c o .-M a n ­
ag em en t tre a ted th e ir w o rk ers w ith
cru el ab an d o n , re g a rd le ss o f color.
by B enjamin T odd J ealous
U n w illin g to a cc e p t th e ir fa te , a
T h re e h u n d re d
g ro u p o f b la c k an d w h ite w o rk ers
y e ars b e fo re a
m e t in s e c re t to p lan a rev o lt. A fte r
m u ltira c ia l c o a li­
se c u rin g w e ap o n s an d a d ru m ,
tio n
s to rm e d
th e y w o u ld "m arch fro m h o u se to
W a s h i n g t o n 's
h o u s e " u n til th e y re a c h e d th e
N a tio n a l M all to
m an sio n o f R oyal G ov. S ir W illiam
dem and
equal
B e rk e le y . T h e y w o u ld d e m a n d
rig h ts an d e c o n o m ic ju s tic e , the th e ir fre e d o m , an d re s o rt to fo rc e
w o r k in g m e n o f G l o u c e s t e r if n e c e ssa ry .
C o u n ty , V a ., m ad e a sta n d o f th e ir
T h o u g h the p lo t failed , the land-
o w n b a se d o n c la ss, n o t race.
o w n e rs re c o g n iz e d th e p o w e r th a t
W e o fte n a sk w h e th e r M artin th e G lo u c e s te r re b e ls p o sse sse d
L u th e r K in g Jr. w o u ld re c o g n iz e w h en b a n d e d to g e th e r. O v e r the
th e w o rld in 2 0 1 3 , b u t it is e q u a lly n e x t se v e ra l d e c a d e s, th e y so u g h t
v alid to a sk w h e th e r h e w o u ld to b re e d ra c ia l c o n te m p t b e tw ee n
have reco g n ized the w o rld o f 1663, th e w h ite an d b la c k m e m b e rs o f
w h en b la ck an d w h ite c h ild re n o f th e u n d e rc la ss.
slav e s an d se rv a n ts d id p lay to ­
O n th e p la n ta tio n le v el, th ey
g e th e r in th e to b a c c o field s.
g a v e w h ite s n o m in al c o n tro l in
O n e o f the fo rg o tte n la n d m a rk s th e field. O n the c o lo n y lev el, they
o f c iv il rig h ts h isto ry o c c u rre d a llo w e d w h ite s to jo in th e m ilitia
3 50 y e ars ag o o n S ep t. 1, 1663. and c a rry firea rm s. A s h isto ria n
T h is d ay m a rk s th e first re c o rd e d E d m u n d M o rg a n w rite s, the lan d -
in sta n c e o f A frica n slav e s and o w n e rs u sed ra c ism as a d e v ice
E u ro p e a n in d e n tu r e d s e r v a n ts fo r c o n tro l.
s ta n d in g t o g e th e r f o r j u s t i c e
O n th is 3 5 0 th a n n iv e rsa ry , the
a g a in st th e ru lin g e lite.
G lo u c e s te r R eb e llio n can teach us
T h e G lo u c e s te r C o u n ty C o n ­ as m u ch a b o u t o u r c h a ra c te r as
m
5 /
th e M a rc h o n W ash in g to n .
T h e re b e ls in G lo u c e s te r re c ­
o g n iz e d w h a t K in g m e m o ria liz e d
in h is fa m o u s re m a rk s: w e are, by
o u r n a tu re , c a p a b le o f g re a t th in g s
w h en w e ju d g e o n e a n o th e r so lely
o n th e c o n te n t o f o u r c h a ra c te r,
n o t by th e c o lo r o f o u r sk in .
T h e o rig in a l sta te o f ra c e re la ­
tio n s in A m e ric a is o n e o f sh ared
stru g g le , n o t m u tu a lly a ss u re d d e ­
stru c tio n . It is u ltim a te ly th e in ­
tro d u c tio n o f an o u tsid e v a ria b le
- m o n e y , p o w e r, o r th e d e sire fo r
c o n tro l - th a t te n d s to a lte r th a t
n a tu ra l state.
It tu rn s o u t th a t 2 0 1 3 is a p e r­
fe c t y e a r fo r th is le sso n . T h e fig h t
fo r v o tin g rig h ts is m a k in g its ow n
5 0 th a n n iv e rsa ry c u rta in c a ll, in
th e fo rm o f th e S u p re m e C o u rt's
d e c is io n in S h e lb y C o u n ty v.
H o ld e r an d c o u n tle ss v o te r s u p ­
p re ssio n la w s th a t a ffe c t A fric a n -
A m e ric a n s b u t a lso A m e ric a n s o f
all c o lo rs, ag es a n d in c o m e s.
T h e fa ile d W ar on D ru g s c o n ­
tin u e s to d e stro y fa m ilie s in b la c k
in n e r c ity A m e ric a , a n d , in c re a s ­
ingly, w hite rural A m erica. F inally,
45 y ears a fte r K in g w as k ille d in
the m id st o f h is P o o r P e o p le 's
C a m p a ig n , lo w -w a g e w o rk e rs o f
all h u e s are o rg a n iz in g a c ro ss
g eo g rap h ic and d e m o g ra p h ic lines
to d e m a n d a h ig h e r m in im u m
w age.
P o litic s is a lo t lik e p h y sics. F o r
e v e ry a ctio n , th e re is an e q u a l an d
o p p o s ite re a c tio n , an d o b je c ts in
m o tio n e v e n tu a lly re tu rn to th e ir
o rig in a l state. A s w e ta c k le th e se
c h a lle n g e s, le t us c o n s id e r th a t
th e o rig in a l s ta te o f ra c e re la tio n s
in A m e ric a m ay b e o n e o f u n ity -
an d th a t th e p o s s ib ility o f m o v in g
b e y o n d o u r n a tio n 's le g a c y o f ra c ­
ism is o b ta in a b le .
In h is 1869 sp e e c h "O u r C o m ­
p o s ite N a tio n a lity ," F r e d e r ic k
D o u g la ss w ro te a b o u t th e u n iq u e
p h e n o m e n o n a n d m is s i o n o f
A m erica.
O n th is a n n iv e rsa ry , le t us re ­
m e m b e r h is w o rd s: "O u r g e o ­
g ra p h ic a l p o s itio n , o u r re la tio n to
th e o u tsid e w o rld , o u r fu n d a m e n ­
tal p rin c ip le s o f g o v e rn m e n t ...
o u r v a st re s o u rc e s , re q u irin g all
m a n n e r o f la b o r to d e v e lo p them ,
an d o u r a lre a d y e x istin g c o m p o s ­
ite p o p u la tio n , all c o n sp ire to one
g ra n d e n d , an d th a t is to m ak e us
th e m o st p e rfe c t n a tio n a l illu s tra ­
tio n o f th e u n ity an d d ig n ity o f the
h u m a n fa m ily , th a t th e w o rld has
e v e r seen ."
Benjamin Todd Jealous is the
president and c h ie f executive o f­
fic e r o f the national NAACP.