#Slavery

Anand Giridharadas

AnandWrites

When I was a student in history classes, a common mantra was: Don't judge past people by present standards; that's anachronistic.One of the shifts happening now is the opening up

Fred Sanders

FredFredSanders

Benjamin Morgan Palmer (1818-1902) annoys me. His doctrine of salvation is so beautifully transparent to the doctrine of the Trinity that I just can't keep myself from quoting him. He

Marc Manley

manrilla

The western academy can be a wonderful place to learn but it doesn’t come without its pitfalls. Many who venture in, or even dabble their toes in the water, end

Caitlin G DeAngelis

cgdhopkins

I just received an email re: Harvard's plans to hire graduate students to continue the Harvard and Slavery research that I worked on for two years as the Harvard and

Greta LaFleur

GretaLaFleur

Ok, so I obviously fully agree that the “canon” of eighteenth-century Anglophone texts and their authors is a trash fire. But as someone who works on the C18– a field

Lauren

LaurenBeal

Happy Juneteenth! On this 155th year anniversary, we are reminded of the faith, struggle, violence, and resistance, it took to bring about a radical change in the USA! Juneteenth: The

🇸🇴 Dixie 🌱 🇸🇴

southernfren

Smug elitist cosmopolitans will tell you that General Lee and his army were traitors who fought for literally no reason than to preserve slavery, and they are the worst traitors

National Trust

nationaltrust

Caribbean mahogany furniture was the height of 18th-century fashion, but this luxury material came at a human cost. Mahogany trees were felled by enslaved Africans in dangerous virgin rainforest and

Kim A. Wagner

KimAtiWagner

I was supposed to be on the radio to talk about Labour's manifesto re. the teaching of the history of Empire but they ran out of time and it was

Roland L. Taylor (Here we go CSI)

rolandixor

Any time you want to compare something to slavery, ask yourself some questions:• Are you forced to work for it without pay?• Can it kill you without consequence?• Does it

George Reisman

GGReisman

Re: The 1619 Project Ancient Rome, Greece, Babylon, Egypt, India, China, and Africa too, all had slavery. None of them created the Industrial Revolution. Great Britain and the United States

Monnie Lisa 💚

BlackBernieBabe

Capitalism & racism are identical twins. The origins of racism cannot be separated from the origins of capitalism. We need to get rid of them BOTH. #RIPCAPITALISM The trans Atlantic

The Mountain Goats

mountain_goats

quick word about this nonsense @tedcruz is up on: of course prisoners should be able to vote. they're wards of the state. their stake in how government is run is

Mors

mors_lakota

90% of Native people in the Americas died from disease.This is a lie used to justify colonialism. Our ancestors didn't die of disease, they died of slavery, removal, war, and

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ForevernSwift

When I was in fourth grade I learned that Rhode Island is the smallest state with the longest name and the shortest motto. Our name was officially “the state of

Ida Bae Wells

nhannahjones

It’s hard to believe, but one year ago today we launched the #1619project. When I pitched it, my editors asked what I hoped for the project. I said simply: That