slavery
- Diaspora & Global Africa
The 500-year-old bones of African slaves tell a traumatic story
Written in bone — They are among the earliest enslaved African people brought to the Americas. Kiona N. Smith -…
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In 1993 Disney planned to recreate slavery with a park in Virginia
“Hey, hey, ho, ho, Disney’s got to go.” Those were the chants of about 3000 protestors who were marching on…
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How Watermelons Became a Racial Stereotype in America
What, many ask, does a watermelon have to do with race? What’s so offensive about liking watermelon? Don’t white people…
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Georgetown Students Vote To Give Reparations To Descendants Of Slaves Sold To Fund School
If university officials agree, Georgetown would become one of the first major U.S. institutions to provide financial restitution for its…
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How a 200-Year-Old Pipe Connects Maryland and Sierra Leone
Genetics has many stories to tell about enslaved people.
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12 year old slave is the reason Vanilla is available today
Edmond Albius was born a slave but became an important figure in the cultivation of vanilla. At the age of…
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‘What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July?’ by Frederick Douglass
by Frederick Douglass July 5, 1852 Mr. President, Friends and Fellow Citizens: He who could address this audience without a quailing…
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Arlington cemetery and the expropriation of Black Capital
[embedyt] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vYPbqOBY2XM[/embedyt][embedyt] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B7SeCwz-icY[/embedyt] Sojourner Truth was outraged, but her feelings didn’t show in a letter she wrote about her meeting…
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'We are Iranians': Rediscovering the history of African slavery in Iran
‘We are Iranians’: Rediscovering the history of African slavery in Iran. Behnaz Mirzai’s students often say her office is like…
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The wealth of the west was built on Africa's exploitation
Britain was the principal slaving nation of the modern world. In The Empire Pays Back, a documentary broadcast by Channel…
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Time For Europe And America To Man-Up And Pay Reparations
The Real African|| By I.K. Cush European and American societies developed a system of myths since the 15th century to rationalize…
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