Anne Executioner

The man chosen was brought in especially from Saint-Omer because he was a skilled swordsman. He was hired by Thomas Cromwell, who had contacts and allies all over the continent. It was less to do with nobody English being up to the task and rather that it was a case of getting a known expert in to do it right first time, as it…Read More

“””Jourdon Anderson’s Letter to His Former Enslaver, 1865
In 1865, Jourdon Anderson, a formerly enslaved man from Tennessee, received a letter from his former enslaver, Colonel P.H. Anderson, asking him to return and work on his plantation. Jourdon responded with dignity and clarity, explaining why he would not go back.
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#### To My Old Maste…Read More

Khadra, who appeared in a TV interview, said, In 2022, I met a man on Facebook who had a much better character than my husband. We developed a deep love, even though I was a married woman with three children.

Eventually, he persuaded me to argue with my husband and seek a divorce, which I did. On the same day I got divorced, he blocked me on…Read More