Wentworth Cheswell's Contributions Of A Slave Society

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I cannot say Wentworth Cheswell 's contributions gave any genuine insight into how a slave society worked because history itself has forgotten many of his contributions. However, to see a man much like myself who is biracial (white mother and black American father), I can respect him for being one of the first to be elected to a position in the public office in addition to owning property. Despite that, I saw Wentworth Cheswell to be a white male from all the liberties (e.g. private education) that were afforded to him at the time until I looked at his picture through the Google search engine. Hence, I believe he was provided these opportunities over other African Americans through his mother being a free white woman, where many African Americans