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Marie Thérèse Coincoin: A Slave Master’s Story in Antebellum America
Introduction: In the annals of American history, the narrative of slavery is often depicted as a binary struggle between oppressors and the oppressed. However, the reality is far more nuanced, as evidenced by individuals like Marie Thérèse Coincoin, whose life challenges simplistic notions of power and complicity. Born into slavery in August 1742 in Natchitoches…