Wednesday, July 23, 2014

University Slavery: The University of Maryland

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From the Washington Post, "Students Trace University of Maryland's Slavery Ties," by Jenna Johnson a Washington Po...
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Oregon Slavery

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Louis Southworth was brought to Oregon as a slave in the 1850s and worked as a gold miner and played his fiddle at dancing schools to ...
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Monday, July 21, 2014

Washington and Lee University Will Remove Confederate Flag

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As reported by the Washington Post , in an article entitled, "U.S. colleges have worked to address ties to slavery, Confederacy,...
Wednesday, July 9, 2014

The Slave Ship Called "Diligent"

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From the London Review of Books, "Tricky Business," Megan Vaughan reviews The Diligent: A Voyage through the Worlds of the Sl...
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Saturday, June 21, 2014

USA Slave Ports: Baltimore City Inner Harbor

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As reported by the Baltimore Sun, "A bitter Inner Harbor legacy: the slave trade: City Diary," by Ralph Clayton on 12 July ...
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Friday, June 6, 2014

"The First Decoration Day" or Memorial Day

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For the Newark Star Ledger, "The First Decoration Day" by David W. Blight of Yale University -- Americans understand that ...
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Monday, June 2, 2014

The Life of A Slave Girl

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Click HERE to read The Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl. Written by Herself: Harriet Jacob [Electronic Edition] From  North Caro...
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Wednesday, May 28, 2014

Complicity: How The North Profited From Slavery

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Complicity' Explores Hypocrisy Of North's Virtue, book review, on 26 September 2005, by WALTER W. WOODWARD; Special to The Co...
Tuesday, April 29, 2014

Lord Mansfield's Slave Neice Named Dido

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From the UK Telegraph , "Slave girl who changed history," by Anita Singh, Arts and Entertainment Editor, on 26 April 2014  ...
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"Slaves to Prejudice" by Maureen Dowd

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From the New York Times , "Slaves to Prejudice," by Maureen Dowd, on 26 April 2014 -- WASHINGTON — WHEN a cranky anarchis...