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  2. Thomas Day (cabinetmaker) - Wikipedia

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    [1]: 13, 14, 29 Many free Blacks in North Carolina owned slaves and experienced capital success as Day did; it was the combination of Day's landowning status, his mixed race, his education and business prowess, and his free black status that led to his success, while his exquisite craftsmanship set him apart from other cabinetmakers.

  3. 100 Greatest African Americans - Wikipedia

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    100 Greatest African Americans is a biographical dictionary of one hundred historically great Black Americans (in alphabetical order; that is, they are not ranked), as assessed by Temple University professor Molefi Kete Asante in 2002. A similar book was written by Columbus Salley.

  4. Chest of drawers - Wikipedia

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    The chest drawers were and are called by many names: LAMSAS database contains 37 answers to the request to name a chest of drawers, with "bureau" and "dresser" most popular at 52.5% and 17.5% respectively. [5] Chippendale called them "commode tables" or "commode bureau tables", Hepplewhite used the terms "commodes", "chests of drawers". At the ...

  5. Collyer brothers - Wikipedia

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    Langley was found in a two-foot (60 cm) wide tunnel lined with rusty bed springs and a chest of drawers. His decomposing body, which was the actual source of the smell reported by the anonymous tipster, had been partially eaten by rats [21] [40] [41] and was covered by a suitcase, bundles of newspapers and three metal bread boxes. [39]

  6. Old York acquires rare 17th-century chest of drawers

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    The chest of drawers, known as the Weare Chest, was made between 1680 and 1700. The chest of drawers, known as the Weare Chest, was made between 1680 and 1700. ... July 19, 2022 at 9:14 AM. YORK, ...

  7. Campaign furniture - Wikipedia

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    The most common item of campaign furniture is the chest of drawers, often referred to as a military chest or campaign chest. Campaign chests' primary wood was often mahogany, teak, or camphor, although cedar, pine and other woods were also used. The dominant type breaks down into two sections, and has removable feet.

  8. Rastus - Wikipedia

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    Rastus has been used as a stereotypical, often derogatory, name for black men at least since 1880, when Joel Chandler Harris included a black deacon named "Brer Rastus" in the first Uncle Remus book. However, Rastus (a shortening of Erastus, the Greek name of, especially, Erastus of Corinth ) has never been particularly popular as a black name.

  9. Man Attacked, Needed 14 Staples in His Head After 2 Men ... - AOL

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    A man in Georgia has been attacked after two men posing as Amazon workers forced their way into his home, it's been reported. On Saturday, Jan. 11 at around 8 a.m. local time, the two people, who ...