{"id":3049,"date":"2025-09-21T05:52:11","date_gmt":"2025-09-21T05:52:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/firstblacks.org\/?page_id=3049"},"modified":"2025-09-21T05:52:45","modified_gmt":"2025-09-21T05:52:45","slug":"fb-primary-012-manuscript","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/firstblacks.org\/en\/manuscripts\/fb-primary-012-manuscript","title":{"rendered":"Manuscript No. 012"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"3049\" class=\"elementor elementor-3049\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3dd73c3 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"3dd73c3\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-78f1091 e-n-tabs-mobile elementor-widget elementor-widget-n-tabs\" data-id=\"78f1091\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;horizontal_scroll&quot;:&quot;disable&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"nested-tabs.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-n-tabs\" data-widget-number=\"126816401\" aria-label=\"Tabs. 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