Posts Tagged ‘Slavery’
Act Like a Slave?
The family of a mix-raced child who was exposed to racial slurs during an allegedly educational experience about slavery have concerns.
Read MoreWhich Slave Wrote His Way Out of Slavery?
Henry Louis Gates, Jr. tells the amazing story of one man whos, against all odds, was able to escape slavery and return home.
Read MoreFilm ‘Lincoln’ inspires Mississippi to officially ban slavery
After Steven Spielberg’s film about President Lincoln, researchers realized that some states hadn’t legally banned slavery.
Read MoreBlack History Month Has Been an Epic Failure
Black History Month is well known, but the history of Black people before slavery is still a mystery to most people.
Read MoreWhat Was the 2nd Middle Passage?
Henry Louis Gates Jr. writes about the forcible movement of enslaved people after they were already on American soil.
Read MorePainting Shows Slave-Auction Drama
Art is one way that we can understand the treatment of Africans and their descendants who were forced into slavery.
Read More2nd Amendment Passed to Protect Slavery? No!
Scholar Paul Finkelman takes on an argument recently made about the second amendment’s connection to slavery.
Read MoreThe Second Amendment was Ratified to Preserve Slavery
Thom Hartmann argues that the second amendment was passed to give slave patrols power to discipline and return slaves.
Read More7 More Slave-Themed Films for You to Look Forward To in 2013
Tambay A. Obenson asks what it means that so many 2013 film releases give viewers a glimpse into slavery.
Read More10 Things You Should Know About Slavery and Won’t Learn at ‘Django’
Imara Jones discusses issues that are left unspoken in a popular movie about a free slave, Django Unchained.
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