slavery
Rebecca Onion highlights some pages from Lewis Tappan's anti-slavery children's magazine that he ran in the late 1830s. Because the American Anti-Slavery Society favored complete and immediate emancipation, writes historian.
Kara Brown is damned tired of slavery movies. I am not, but I get that every other high-profile Oscar-nominated film about black lives is an exercise in filming black bodily.
A good essay reminding us how vitally important W.E.B. DuBois' slave general strike thesis that he delineated in Black Reconstruction remains today. Slaves freed themselves. With this majestic assertion in.
A couple of articles on the history of world slavery that may pique your interest on a Sunday morning. First, here's a really interesting photo essay on African slaves in.
Your monthly LGM reminder that if you buy shrimp from supermarkets, you probably are buying a product produced by slaves: Every morning at 2 a.m., they heard a kick on.
I liked this Lisa Wade piece connecting the desperate attempts by ex-slaves to reconstruct their families through placing newspaper ads in the late 19th century to Black Lives Matter today.
Regardless of the complex debate over reparations for slavery discussed here, I can't help but say that I don't want a black president issuing a national apology for slavery. It.
The United Kingdom has recently passed a law titled the Modern Slavery Act that will attempt to crack down on forced labor in that country. Concerned about business concerns, the.