Objects From Havmanden Connect Personal and Colonial History
The museum separates a possible owner from a known use of the rings.
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In this lesson: Connect the rings’ function with the limits of identifying the shoe.
Grammar in this story: A concession limiting a suggestion
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Although introduces the limit on the suggested governor connection: certainty is unavailable.
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Explain the difference between identifying an object’s use and identifying its owner here.
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The museum identifies manillas as metal rings used in slave-trade payments. It offers only a possible owner for the shoe and cannot identify that owner with certainty.
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