Never Forget The First Black Man Found Not Guilty By an All-White Jury
<p>The final departing words of Charles Caldwell.</p>
<p>Charles Caldwell, a blacksmith born in Mississippi during the 1830s, became the first Black person to kill a White person and be found “<a href="https://nkaa.uky.edu/nkaa/items/show/1936#:~:text=Caldwell%20was%20tried%20by%20an,helped%20write%20the%20state%20constitution." rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">not guilty</a>” by the courts. When Caldwell was born, slavery was an integral part of the economic and social livelihoods of Southerners, a lucrative trade that enabled them to amass wealth while disregarding the rights of others. Enslaved people had a low standard of living and endured humiliation and degradation.</p>
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