also as an aside

What the hell? Just how many daughters of former slaves voted for Obama? So far I have found:

109 year old Amanda Jones in Texas:

and

114 year old Gertrude Baines in California:

One daughter of a slave voting for a black president is impressive and two is twice as many! Are there more?? AJ's cup runneth over, and by cup he means his heart which overflows with warm feelings due to these ineffably touching anecdotes.

UPDATED TO ADD: sweet I found an article w/ a video on Amanda Jones though she herself isn't exactly prominently featured