Once an Irishman in his coffin had to be wrapped from foot to chin in English wool, not Irish linen. I saw this notice: “Some striped scars on his back, runaway slave stole himself, calls himself Jack.”
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Once an Irishman in his coffin had to be wrapped from foot to chin in English wool, not Irish linen. I saw this notice: “Some striped scars on his back, runaway slave stole himself, calls himself Jack.”