We continue to move toward our nation’s semiquincentennial, and I’m still sharing about the Revolutionary War effort of attaining independence and the related contributions and connections of families of the Fork, the Knox County lands between the French Broad and Holston rivers.
Much like last week’s focus person, Venus, Cato didn’t support the Patriot cause by choice.
As stated in last week’s article, it was common during the colonial period to name an enslaved child the name of a god or goddess or a historical person of significance or power, contrasting the enslaved person’s status. The historical Roman senator Cato was known for being a staunch advocate of liberty…