Category: Slavery
Frederick Douglass: Orator, Statesman, Abolitionist
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Frederick Douglass, the renowned orator, statesman, and abolitionist and a prominent leader in a colony of England, now known as the United States of America, moved our new nation, led by so-called “white” people who...
Slavery Reparations: Racism or Justice?
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The controversy surrounding America paying reparations to African-Americans reached a new level when a lawsuit was filed demanding billions of dollars from several corporations that may be linked to slavery before 186...
Slavery: America’s Main Historical Event
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It is estimated that millions of Africans died during the Atlantic slave trade. Historian Anne Bailey has collected oral histories to document the slave trade from both sides of the Atlantic, placing oral records at ...
Pearl: An Underground Railroad
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The 54-ton schooner named the Pearl sailed into the history books on April 15, 1848 when 77 enslaved Americans attempted an escape to freedom. Mary Kay Ricks, author of Escape on the Pearl: The Heroic Bid for Freedom ...
The First State to Apologize for Slavery
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As the first colony to own slaves, Virginia became the first state to apologize to African-Americans for slavery. Virginia State Sen. Henry L. Marsh III and Delegate Donald McEachin talk about this historical preceden...
Southern Slavery, Northern Lies
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The second installation of modern New England journalists who exposed the North’s hidden history as a slave region. They also address King Cotton and the legal and illegal slave trade. Journalist and co-author of Comp...
The Black Eagle
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To his radio listeners he is “The Black Eagle” who soars the airwaves on Radio One and XM Satellite One. He is a civil rights activist to those who have followed his career with the NAACP. Television and radio audienc...
