As a scholar of African American literature, I’m always interested in how we understand and talk about slavery today. Besides, I love Kerry Washington with a fiery burning passion and would watch her read the phonebook. (Too bad she had like five lines in the movie. She did have that ...
The Long, Long Shadow ; Experts Argue Inequality Thrives Where Slavery Did-And Not by Coincidence by Stephen MihmMihm, Stephen
Did Dred Scott have any places named after him? Where did Frederick Douglass live after slavery? Where did Frederick Douglass die? Where was Roger B. Taney buried? Where did Abraham Lincoln sign the Emancipation Proclamation? Where did Frederick Douglass live?
It is obvious that these men invited group sex when they joined the fire brigade. They did not leave their employment when the group sex started. And there is no indication that they did not consent to the so-called abuse. The case against the accused is very thin. It is difficult to ...
She was the first person in her family to go to university. Her career kicked off with a high-profile secondment with the government.
It has attacked the slave-owner ruling class heavily, intensified the Roman slavery economic crisis, has accelerated the Roman political power by the republican system to the monarchy transition.Spartacus has displayed the heroic struggle in the revolt energetic and the remarkable military ability,[tran...
Where did Lise Meitner work? Where did John Steinbeck work in the summers? Where did Leonardo da Vinci work? Where did Henry Clay work? Where did Sylvia Plath grow up? Where did Sylvia Plath live? Where did Paul Robeson live? Where did Frederick Douglass live after slavery? Where did Nels...
Slavery did not end with the Act for the Abolition of the Slave Trade in 1807, it continues today and may no longer be based on the colour of people’s skin, but is still very much about people believing they are superior towards another set of people. It is called oppression. ...
Slavery is no longer economically viable. Free the Slaves. Progress. But what did that actually mean? Yes, suddenly we had a large population of African-Americans who were no longer enslaved, but whom had none of the wealth of this nation they were so vital a part of its building.“Give...
Stating this outright is scary, because it sounds like slavery (because it is). Watch for this inconsistency whenever you’re debating the merits of taxation with a leftist. Don’t let them get away with it. Demand they pick one justification or the other, and force them into attempting ...