Four hundred years ago this month, the first enslaved people from Africa arrived in Virginia. Slavery is often reduced to a crime of America’s long-ago … 400 Years After Slavery’s Start, No More Band-AidsRead more
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How we think about the term ‘enslaved’ matters
The year 1619 is momentous in American history, as a recent visit by the current US president attests. In July, Donald Trump visited Jamestown, Virginia, … How we think about the term ‘enslaved’ mattersRead more
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Slavery still reigns in US prisons
Robert King, the only one of the Angola 3 who has been released from prison, talks about how he coped with 29 years in solitary … Slavery still reigns in US prisonsRead more
Posted inBlack / Economics / Slavery / ToMl / USA Empire
If you strip black people out of America, you really don’t have an America
[without addressing the systemic problems just giving reperation is self destructive.] if you strip slavery out of America, if you strip black people out of … If you strip black people out of America, you really don’t have an AmericaRead more
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Harriet Tubman, Portrait of an American Hero
Kate Clifford Larson talking: Harriet Tubman was about 27 years old in 1849, and her enslaver had died and left his family deeply in debt. … Harriet Tubman, Portrait of an American HeroRead more
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The Hidden World of US-Philippines Trafficking
Buying a Slave The Empire Files 055 http://www.damayanmigrants.org/ Speaker 1: The Philippines, among the many nations whose history is one of being colonized and subjugated … The Hidden World of US-Philippines TraffickingRead more
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American referred to another human being as a “property”
Cretinous right-wing US senator refers to a journalist and Australian citizen as “our property.” How do Assange’s countrymen and women feel about this status? Cretinous … American referred to another human being as a “property”Read more
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Harvard’s Tacit Endorsement of Slavery
https://www.truthdig.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/AP_980109030-850×652.jpg An 1850 daguerreotype of a newly arrived African slave, among the first photos taken by naturalist Louis Agassiz. (Andy Kuno / AP) The haunting … Harvard’s Tacit Endorsement of SlaveryRead more