
Ira Aldridge: Actor, Activist and Record-breaker
Ridiculous History
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A Very Nuanced Life
He would have died just ten years before the invention of the phonograph. It doesn't mean the's as out, just on the cusp a silent film era at best. And they didn't really now be like ther woudhave been. The wind was wax cylinder technology, a thing that was probably, like, the early 19 hundreds. But it's true. I didn't know about it until now. He certainly seems like something that should be much more in the public consciousness,. Because clearly a very important dude, even if he doesn't get props like he should.
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