slavery

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• SOURCE: NY Times
  11/9/19
  

  A Slave Rebellion Rises Again

  Some 500 enslaved people revolted in Louisiana but were largely ignored by history. Two centuries later, an ambitious re-enactment brings their uprising back to life.

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• 11/10/19
  

  Slavery and Your Upcoming Christmas Tour

  by Robert E. May

  Despite their public claims that slaves were content with their situations, white southerners knew better. So should those going to southern historic mansions and plantations for Christmas.

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• SOURCE: Slate
  10/31/19
  

  Historians Manisha Sinha, Kate Clifford Larson, and Milton Sernett Interviewed for Article on Historical Accuracy of Harriet Film

  "What’s Fact and What’s Fiction in Harriet"

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• SOURCE: NY Times
  11/6/19
  

  Antigua Demands Harvard Pay Reparations for Benefiting From Slavery

  The labor of enslaved people paid for the founding of Harvard Law School, Antigua’s prime minister reminded the college’s president.

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• SOURCE: Washington Post
  November 1, 2019
  

  Alan Taylor's Book Reviewed in the Washington Post: Thomas Jefferson’s Education

  by Drew Faust

  How slavery warped Jefferson’s vision for the University of Virginia.

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• SOURCE: History.com
  10/30/19
  

  6 Strategies Harriet Tubman and Others Used to Escape Along the Underground Railroad

  From elaborate disguises to communicating in code to fighting back, enslaved people found multiple paths to freedom.

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• 11/3/19
  

  Congressional Courage, the D.C. Slave Trade, and Moral Politics in Washington

  by Jeff Forret

  Political cynics may argue that moral bankruptcy is a long-time fixture in Washington, but at a crucial moment of national division, congressional leadership confronted the ethical embarrassment of the D.C. slave trade and eradicated it.

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• SOURCE: Process History
  10/31/19
  

  African American Women's Work in the Underground Railroad Beyond Harriet Tubman

  by Jazma Sutton

  African American women, arguably the most vulnerable group in antebellum America, used every means at their disposal to escape slavery, liberate family members, assist in others’ self-liberation, and hold on to whatever measure of freedom they had achieved. 

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• SOURCE: The Guardian
  10/30/19
  

  UK's first black female history professor to research Bristol's slavery links

  Olivette Otele says she wants to ‘facilitate dialogue that needs to take place’ at University of Bristol.

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• SOURCE: NY Times
  10/30/19
  

  Is Georgetown’s $400,000-a-Year Plan to Aid Slave Descendants Enough?

  University officials described the decision as one step in a dialogue with the descendants, who are seeking $1 billion.

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• SOURCE: NY Times
  10/23/19
  

  Harriet Tubman Facts and Myths: How the Movie Tried to Get it Right

  The filmmakers pored over books, documents and other research to remind viewers of the woman behind the often distorted legend.

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• 10/22/19
  

  Citations Are a Metaphor for Erasure in American History

  by Anne C. Bailey

  Last week, the Washington Post failed to cite my book in an article about "The Weeping Time." Here's why such oversights matter. 

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• SOURCE: USA Today
  10/17/19
  

  USA Today Publishes New Articles As Part Of Series, "1619: Searching for Answers"

  The articles explore the different ways the legacy of slavery has shaped America. 

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• SOURCE: Washington Post
  10/12/19
  

  It was the nation’s largest auction of enslaved people. Now, a search for descendants of the ‘weeping time.’

  Historians Henry Louis Gates Jr. and James Swanson are writing a new account of the notorious 1859 auction of 429 slaves and searching for descendants.

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• SOURCE: The Conversation
  10/10/19
  

  Panama celebrates its black Christ, part of protest against colonialism and slavery

  by S. Kyle Johnson

  Panama’s “Festival del Cristo Negro,” the festival of the “Black Christ,” is an important religious holiday for local Catholics. It honors a dark, life-sized wooden statue of Jesus, “Cristo Negro” – also known as “El Nazaraeno,” or “The Nazarene.”

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• 10/9/19
  

  A Chilling Play Grapples With How We Are All Connected to Slavery

  by Bruce Chadwick

  Can you shake off American history?

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• SOURCE: Orlando Sentinel
  10/7/19
  

  Talk of reparations for slavery moves to state capitols

  Even those who support reparations in theory aren't convinced that it's a matter for state legislatures.

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• SOURCE: Washington Post
  10/6/19
  

  Two centuries ago, University of Virginia students beat and raped enslaved servants, historians say

  The secret history of two former University of Virginia students. 

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• SOURCE: Atlanta Journal-Constitution
  Sept 30, 2019
  

  UGA looks to explore its history of slavery

  by Eric Stirgus

  University of Georgia leaders say they want to know more about the school’s history concerning slavery and are committing $100,000 for faculty to submit research proposals.

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• SOURCE: Crosscut
  9/30/19
  

  Yes, there were black slaves in the Pacific Northwest. Historians are making the region confront it.

  An Oregon author is exploring little-known chapters of the region's ugly, racist roots.