Mass. city was home to abolitionist who celebrated his birthday on Valentine's Day
A Massachusetts city was once home to a famous abolitionist who picked Valentine's Day to celebrate his birth. Frederick Douglass is now forever enshrined in the New Bedford neighborhood where he once ...
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The History of Slavery in the United States From Beginning to End
With the first 20 Africans brought to Virginia in 1619, the United States initiated a labor system characterized by extreme ...
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Athens native Michael Thurmond reflects on the Englishman and abolitionist who founded Georgia
Athens native Michael Thurmond shares the anti-slavery feelings of Georgia's founder, General James Oglethorpe.
Millions of Native people were enslaved in the Americas. Their story waits to be told.
The enslavement of millions of Indigenous people in the Americas is a neglected chapter in U.S. history. Two projects aim to bring it to light.
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The Holes in Policy Exchange’s Attack on the Church of England’s Slavery Reparations Plan
The right-wing think tank Policy Exchange has published a report attacking the Church of England Commissioners for planning ...
Show explores role of forgotten Black abolitionists
It will begin by focusing on Olaudah Equiano, one of the most famous Black abolitionists of the 18th Century, whose powerful ...
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What was Scotland's role in the British Empire? Let's understand it
DEBATES over the legacy of the British Empire constantly simmer in public discourse, and this week, Scotland sparked an eruption. A new YouGov ...