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Today in History (1862) - The U.S. government forbids all Union army officers from returning fugitive slaves, thus effectively annulling the Fugitive Slave Law of 1850 and setting the stage for the Emancipation Proclamation. On the same day in 1865, the Confederate Congress voted to enlist 300,000 black troops, granting them freedom with the consent of their owners. Lee surrendered a few weeks later. |
The very cool blog, Patrons of the Absurd, points to this funny website called Found Magazine which apparently collects random photos and notes that people find laying around.
My favorite is this handwritten note:
If I'm not mistaken, it says "to the bigot upstairs. that's what you think!" Judging by the inspired choice of words, I conclude that the author was writing a haiku, but failed to finish. My sense of justice compels me to complete the unfinished business:
I know, it doesn't produce quite the epiphany the author was going for, but I can hardly imagine the conflict and passion that set the author to writing in the first place.