and its surrounding farmland on the eastern farmland. the farm and the house at the farm itself had a name, a fitting name. it was called mount misery. about 15 years ago now, a literature professor wrote a very thoughtful piece in the baltimore sun newspaper suggesting a new future for mount misery, suggesting that the united states of america should consider buying mount misery to make it a commemorative site. he argued, would not the most fitting outcome for mount misery be as a monument or museum wherein a key moment from the country s past can find a rightful place in the country s history. the fight between slave and slave breaker that took place there is emblematic of two of the themes of american history, the horrors of legally sanctioned racial violence and
private home. his name is donald rumsfeld, and he was at the time, the summer of 2006, struggling to the end of his disastrous tenure as secretary of defense under the george w. bush administration. he lived at the time at mount misery. he bought the place in 2003 as he was leading the nation into the invasion of iraq. that was where he went to get away from washington while running two disastrous wars. he would like to have the chinock helicopter drop him off at the slave breaker s home where douglass was tortured to death. he could relax there. donald rumsfeld died today at the age of 88. he had a singular career. he made gazillions of dollars in business running companies that invented knewtry sweet and tvs.
what he meant by that is that the farm was on the far side of chesapeake bay, the far side of chesapeake bay from the mainland of maryland. edward covey s farm, his slave breaking operation which he tortured frederick douglass and countless others was this house. and its surrounding farmland on the eastern farmland. the farm and the house at the farm itself had a name, a fitting name. it was called mount misery. about 15 years ago now, a literature professor wrote a very thoughtful piece in the baltimore sun newspaper, suggesting a new future for mount misery, suggesting that the united states of america should consider buying mount misery to make it a commemorative site. he argued, would not the most fitting outcome for mount misery be as a monument or museum wherein a key moment from the country s past can find its rightful place in the country s history. the fight between slave and slave breaker that took place there is emblematic of two of the el mental themes of american history
private home. his name is donald rumsfeld, and he was at the time, the summer of 2006, struggling to the end of his disastrous tenure as secretary of defense under the bush administration. he lived at the time at mount misery. he bought the place in 2003 as he was leading the nation into the invasion of iraq. that was where he went to get away from washington while running two disastrous wars. he would like to have the helicopter drop him off at the slave breaker s home where douglas was tortured to death. he could relax there. donald rumsfeld died today at the age of 88. he had a singular career. he made gazillions of dollars in business. he served four terms in congress, which is something that s not frequently remembered
literature professor wrote a very thoughtful piece in the baltimore sun newspaper suggesting a new future for mountain is airy, suggesting that the united states of america should consider buying amount misery to make it a commemorative site. he argued, would not the most fitting outcome for mountain is really as a monumental museum where in a key moment from the country s past confined its rightful place in the public memory? the old edward covey house deserves our understanding and preservation. the fight between slave and slave breaker that took place there, is emblematic of two of the elemental teams of american history, the horrors of legally sanctioned racial violence, and also the nobility of the struggle against unjust authority. and then, here is the kicker from that piece. the professor says quote, preserving mount misery as a public site of contemplation, where the meetings of democracy and despotism are given a human