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Race, Slavery & Emancipation
Forced labor systems, resistance, abolition, and legacies across societies.
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Peter Espeut | Slavery and chattel slavery
7+ hour, 33+ min ago (421+ words) I found the talk most enlightening, and I hope you enjoy these short extracts which I have transcribed. “Before Europeans arrived at the start of the 16th century, or the Asante Empire centralized in the late 17th century, Akan-speaking states in the…...
'They Lived' exhibit highlights the lives of seven enslaved people in 1800s photographs
13+ hour, 14+ min ago (183+ words) ‘They Lived’ exhibit centers the lives of seven enslaved people photographed in the 1800s WCIV Museum officials say the images have long been associated with the history of race science in the United States They also say the exhibit shifts attention…...
Charlottesville group pushes for slave auction block marker
1+ day, 11+ hour ago (560+ words) The Court Square Enslavement Memorial Group wants a new marker for the Court Square site where they say enslaved people were sold. CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (CBS19 NEWS) -- A proposal to install a historical marker recognizing a site where enslaved people were allegedly…...
Reconciliation Did Not Destroy Reconstruction
17+ hour, 49+ min ago (572+ words) I found it to be incredibly confusing. Here is a short description that appeared below the video. This simply is not true and I don’t know a reputable historian who has made this argument. While a few public examples could…...
Finding Mrs. Apcar: An Assyrian Family’s Journey Through Japan
17+ hour, 50+ min ago (557+ words) By Julia Hallisy and Meline Mesropyan In 2020, just as quarantines were being lifted during the global pandemic, Dr. Julia Hallisy discovered that she was one generation removed from genocide. Hallisy had always assumed that her family’s immigration story followed the…...
Plans advance to return Confederate memorial to Arlington National Cemetery
18+ hour, 58+ min ago (277+ words) Plans are moving forward to bring a Confederate memorial back to Arlington National Cemetery just three years after it was removed. News4’s Jessica Albert reports. A representative from the Office of Army Cemeteries presented final design plans for the statue…...
Historic Jersey City Homes Tied to Black History Could Gain New Protections
22+ hour, 29+ min ago (393+ words) In 1889, Dorothy Fearing became Jersey City’s first Black schoolteacher, and the Bergen Hill home where she lived offers a fascinating window into the city’s Victorian era. But like many black history sites, it has no landmark designation and no protection…...
Vineyard’s Juneteenth Celebrations Honored Past and Present Fights for Freedom
1+ day, 1+ hour ago (1756+ words) I knew rooms full of ashes, Tunnels where the moon lived, Rough warehouses that growled ‘get lost’, Questions that insisted in the sand.-Pablo Neruda The Vineyard celebrated its first formal Juneteenth holiday in grand style, feeding body and soul....
Did the US Originate in Racism as the False History of The NY Times 1619 Project Erroneously Alleges
1+ day, 21+ hour ago (726+ words) The 1800 South Carolina law that a slave could be freed on evidence of self-support made it difficult for free blacks to free slaves they purchased. There were ways around this. Blacks who had purchased their wives and children simply reported…...
John Garrison Marks to Deliver Lecture on George Washington’s Legacy of Slavery Marks, a leader in the public history field, will discuss his recent book on Oct. 28.
1+ day, 16+ hour ago (330+ words) John Garrison Marks to Deliver Lecture on George Washington’s Legacy of Slavery Washington and Lee University John Garrison Marks to Deliver Lecture on George Washington’s Legacy of Slavery Marks, a leader in the public history field, will discuss his recent…...