Paid in Full At 87 years old, Roosevelt Davenport stands on his porch, his hand resting on the doorframe— a steady hold on past and present. Before him stretch the fields where his ancestors were enslaved. Now, he owns the land that once bound them. Similar to Haiti ' s Lakou, where enslaved Africans created spaces of freedom, Davenport’ s home is now the foundation of his family’ s future.
Picking Cotton Dreams Standing alone in the cotton fields, Terrence Davenport, a retired Army veteran, and the son of Roosevelt Davenport, carries both the weight of history and the dignity of reclamation. His bare chest meets the same sun that once bore down on his ancestors. The land that claimed their labor now belongs to him.
following pages Echoes of the Enslaved, 2021( detail) Picking Cotton Dreams, 2021( detail)
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