What is the significance of the bible that Deval Patrick will use tomorrow to be sworn in on, as Massachusetts governer?
2007-01-03 11:28:40 · 1 answers · asked by fluffysheep12345 2 in Politics & Government ➔ Government
Please give me hyperlinks!
2007-01-03 11:33:14 · update #1
From-http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2007/01/03/bible_with_ties_to_slave_ship_will_be_used_for_oath/
"One hundred and sixty-six years ago, a prominent Massachusetts politician, former President John Quincy Adams , played a role in black history by persuading the US Supreme Court to free a group of African captives who had staged a mutiny on the slave ship Amistad.
Tomorrow, when Deval Patrick takes his place in the history books as the state's first African-American governor, he will offer a symbolic nod to that storied past, taking the oath of office on a leather-bound Bible given by the freed captives to the former president."
2007-01-04 06:08:10 · answer #1 · answered by HCCLIB 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋