(no subject)
William Jackson was a slave in the home of Confederate president Jefferson Davis during the Civil War. It turns out he was also a spy for the Union Army, providing key secrets to the North about the Confederacy.
tevriel: My first thought was "owned". And then I realised how inappropriate that was when we're talking about slaves.
velithya: While you were saying that, I was thinking: "I am in ur house, stealin ur secrets."