slavery

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• SOURCE: New York Times
  3/20/19
  

  Who Should Own Photos of Slaves? The Descendants, not Harvard, a Lawsuit Says

  Tamara Lanier is suing Harvard University for ownership of daguerreotypes of slaves who she says are her ancestors.

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• SOURCE: Informed Comment
  3/20/19
  

  No, Fox’s Katie Pavlich, the US Wasn’t the First to Abolish Slavery

  by Juan Cole

  Slavery began in British North America in the 1600s. So it took longer than 150 years to abolish it. More like 200 years.

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• SOURCE: Washington Post
  3/20/19
  

  The U.S. should get more credit for ending slavery ‘within 150 years,’ Fox panelist says

  Many historians were quick to correct and criticize her remarks. 

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• SOURCE: New York Review of Books
  3/18/19
  

  The History of Reparations

  by Katherine Franke

  From the Civil War to today. 

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• 3/17/19
  

  The Antigay "Traditional Plan" and the History of the Methodist Church

  by Christopher M. Bishop

  Until this month, slavery was the only other issue that seriously threatened the unity of American Methodism.

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• 3/17/19
  

  Richmond’s Robert E. Lee Statue: A Southern Unionist’s Viewpoint

  by Elizabeth Varon

  Elizabeth Van Lew was a Southerner who supported the Union. She--and other Southern Unionists--deepen our understanding of the Civil War and its legacies. 

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• SOURCE: Smithsonian.com
  3/8/19
  

  How the Daughters and Granddaughters of Former Slaves Secured Voting Rights for All

  by Martha S. Jones

  Theirs was a unique brand of politics crafted at the crossroads of racism and sexism.   

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• SOURCE: New York Times
  3/7/19
  

  The Case for Reparations

  by David Brooks

  A slow convert to the cause.

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• SOURCE: USA Today
  3/6/19
  

  Exodus: Black people fled the South in droves more than a century ago, seeking true freedom

  Slavery and the Great Migration are but two of the 13 mass movements of Black people that changed the nation, according to Schomburg Center Historians. 

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• SOURCE: Washington Post
  3/6/19
  

  Policing black Americans is a long-standing, and ugly, American tradition

  by Vanessa Holden and Edward E. Baptist

  A new database of all the fugitive slave ads from U.S. and colonial history reveal how white Americans trained and incentivized themselves to police black Americans’ movements.

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• SOURCE: The Guardian
  3/3/`9
  

  Two prizewinning books detail slavery in the north: Washington’s fugitive, Detroit’s forgotten crime

  The authors detail the life of a woman who refused to be a possession of the nation’s first president and the Michigan city’s troubled past.

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• SOURCE: NY Times
  2/26/19
  

  Stephanie E. Jones-Rogers's "They Were Her Property" Praised in New York Times

  Her New Book Speaks Plainly About the Large Role White Women Played in Perpetuating Slavery.

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• SOURCE: AP
  2/22/19
  

  Boston Mayor Mary Walsh Proposes Public History Project to Recognize Boston's Long Ties to Slavery

  Boston is taking a step toward recognizing the role slavery played at one of its most visited landmarks.

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• SOURCE: Charlotte Observer
  2/24/19
  

  Historians find fingerprints of long-forgotten South Carolina enslaved people in 200-year-old bricks

  “There aren’t a lot of physical resources to connect us to enslaved people here. It’s a way to put your finger in those fingerprints and and feel connected."

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• The Direct Line Between Slavery And Racism In Boston

  by Janna Malamud Smith

  When you live with a false story about your nation’s past ... developing an informed consensus for action becomes extremely difficult.  

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• SOURCE: Washington Post
  2/21/19
  

  ‘Slavery is not a game’: Virginia school apologizes over Black History Month exercise

  “It’s unacceptable, and it undermines the community and the education that our children receive.”

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• SOURCE: Washington Post
  2/19/19
  

  What we get wrong about the roots of slavery in America

  by Eric Herschthal

  How we remember the past shapes the fight for racial justice today

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• 2/14/19
  

  Is the Green New Deal Impossible?

  by James Brewer Stewart

  The Green New Dealers, the Abolitionists and the “Right Side of History”

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• SOURCE: The Atlantic
  2/13/19
  

  The ‘Loyal Slave’ Photo That Explains the Northam Scandal

  by Kevin M. Levin

  The governor’s yearbook picture, like many images before it, reinforces the belief that blacks are content in their oppression.

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• SOURCE: AP
  2/11/19
  

  Historians challenge Northam’s ‘indentured servants’ remark

  Featuring historians Rebecca Goetz and Michael Guasco.