In the 1850s, Midwestern states used harsh laws to deny free African-Americans wealth and property.
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Freedom to Travel | PBS
By Dave Quinn, PBS [dropcap]T[/dropcap]he victory won by the Freedom Riders was decisive and unambiguous, expanding the freedom of African-Americans to travel through the United States. Since the institution of Jim Crow laws at the close of the 19th century, African-Americans in the South had been forced to endure substandard, segregated conditions while traveling on […]
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Which black Americans should get reparations? | The Washington Post
Wesley Lowery, The Washington Post ‘Dramatic Social Change Requires Imagination’ – Prof. William “Sandy” Darity. Featured Image [dropcap]D[/dropcap]URHAM, N.C. — He’s been one of academia’s leading authorities on American racial inequity for years, in high demand by Democratic presidential candidates who hope he’ll endorse their proposals to close the “racial wealth gap” — a term […]
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The Former Slave Who Sued for Reparations, and Won | The New York Times
Henrietta Wood sued the man who had kidnapped her into slavery for damages and lost wages, offering lessons for today’s debate.
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Dred Scott Decision: The Case and Its Impact | ThoughtCo.
By Robert Longley, ThoughtCo. Dred Scott v. Sandford, decided by the U.S. Supreme Court on March 6, 1857, declared that black people, whether free or slave, could not be American citizens and were thus constitutionally unable to sue for citizenship in the federal courts. The Court’s majority opinion also declared that the 1820 Missouri Compromise was […]
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‘Letter from a Freedman to His Old Master’ | GOOD.IS
Anderson’s letter showed compassion, defiance, and dignity.
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How an accidental encounter brought slavery to the United States | USA Today
Rick Hampson, USA TODAY, USA Today SOURCE slavevoyages.org. Featured Image [dropcap]F[/dropcap]our hundred years ago this summer, a few weeks and 35 miles apart, two epochal events occurred. One was the inaugural meeting of the General Assembly of the Virginia colony – the first elective representative body of its kind in North America. The other was […]
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People Say Gullah Geechee Culture is Disappearing. BJ Dennis Says They’re Wrong | Bon Appetit
The unofficial chef ambassador takes us deep into the heart of the Low Country, to meet the home cooks keeping the traditions of their enslaved ancestors alive
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The Nuns Who Bought and Sold Human Beings | The New York Times
America’s nuns are beginning to confront their ties to slavery, but it’s still a long road to repentance.
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Retracing a slave route in Ghana, 400 years on | Reuters
By Siphiwe Sibeko, Reuters ADIDWAN, Ghana (Reuters) – Nana Assenso stands at the grave of his uncle, remembering the man he loved but also a past that has haunted his family for generations. His uncle was called Kwame Badu, a name that has been passed on through the family in remembrance of an ancestor with that […]
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