In the opening scenes of 12 Years a Slave, Solomon is seen dining in a good quality restaurant with the two men who accompanied him to DC.
Would this scene have been possible in Antebellum America in Washington, DC? Or would most restaurants have refused to admit black patrons--even if accompanoed by whites?
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