Enslaved and Entrenched
Elias Polk was born into slavery in 1806 on a farm owned by Samuel Polk, father of the future president of...
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Elias Polk was born into slavery in 1806 on a farm owned by Samuel Polk, father of the future president of...
Speaking before the United States House of Representatives in 1825, congressman James K. Polk described American slavery as “a matter which re...