KCNC CBS Overnight News September 22, 2016
Are today. You can pick this up and touch it and know that it was in his hands. Now, doesnt that send a chill down your back . It does. Yeah. This freedom paper belonged to Joseph Trammel of loudoun county, virginia, he was the greatgreatgreat grandfather of elaine thompson, he protected his freedom using this tin box in only proof that he was no longer someones property. As long as he had this, they could not enslave him. Not easily, anyway. His freedom paper, thompson says, offers an image of who Joseph Trammel was during a time when photos were rare. He was 57 in, with several marks on his ...