Archive | Slavery

An eminent scholar sums up a lifetime of study.

Interesting rebuke of the "1619 Project."

Whites active in the Underground Railroad should not be honored, apparently.

Confirmed with ground-penetrating radar and two cadaver-sniffing dogs.

Fake history in the service of ideology.

A better source for facts than the “1619 Project.”

David Horowitz reports from the front lines in a new book.

"I’d say that, almost from the outset, I was disturbed by what seemed like a very unbalanced, one-sided account."

No word yet on calls for reparations.

Prime minister wants Harvard to support the University of the West Indies.

Thomas Dudley was a leading politician when Massachusetts legally sanctioned slavery in 1641.

Recreating (some version of) the German Coast Uprising of 1811.

Was lynching a scandal or a system of justice or both?

We think we can guess her answer.

Most don’t even think the government should apologize for slavery.

Five doctoral fellowships for students descended from slaves and a full-time director for the Center for Black Church Studies.

But no one says, “Hey! That’s not true!”

Muslim slavers make white slavers look kind by comparison.

He "blamed slavery and racism for his plight."

Africans practiced slavery long before the first whites arrived.

Calls for reparations predate American independence.

Since race is a social construct, how does the government decide who is non-white?

They were spray-painted with the year “1619.”

Yes.

It was a “role-playing exercise” reenacting the Middle Passage.

Even New York Magazine has figured this out.

"[T]he reenactment won’t dwell on the sad denouement."

First step: Identify descendants of slaves who built part of the administration building.

“Body servants” were not soldiers.

Visitors attribute the focus on slavery to "political correctness."

A couple was banned from waving it at games.

The trauma of slavery passed down from generation to generation.

Thinness is part of white privilege.

University never owned slaves but says it got donations from people who did.

The further we get from slavery the more we have to apologize for it.

Shocking discovery: Southern white women were smart cookies and invested in slaves.

There are no real health differences; only bias and ill treatment.

Do inferior and superior “cultures” account for differences in wealth?

Muslim mayor wants to highlight Britain's role in the Atlantic slave trade.

An honest assessment.

Though nearly three-fourths of all blacks are in favor.

More than 7 in every 1,000 Africans are enslaved.

And the seismic change of the last half century.

He's a gypsy.

State senator: “It brings back the thoughts of slavery.”

An estimated 9.2 million Africans are enslaved.

The making and unmaking of the US.

And both oppose reparations.

Will she pay reparations?

The Tuskegee experiment is to blame.

Lee: “The percentage of black children living in poverty is more than 150%.”

Black conservatives say the best "reparations" are the free market.

Booker: Making sure “that generations ahead do not have to continue to mark disparities.”

Two-thirds of blacks say they will never achieve racial equality.

A review of Carol Swain's "Debating Immigration."

They’re not going to give money to a heterodox seminary.

Another word white people aren’t supposed to use.

There are so many ways for blacks to plunder whites!

White people are being propagandized out of existence.

Calculating the windfall.

Trump said the Tubman swap was “pure political correctness."

The ship was scuttled after the owner won his bet.

Twitter critic: “This commercial spits on the trauma in our veins and the fight of our ancestors.”

They are the son and daughter-in-law of the first president of independent Guinea.

Black lawmaker "likened restrictions on abortion to slavery."

The money is to benefit descendants of the 272 slaves Georgetown sold.

White player thinks whites should feel responsible but not guilty.

It’s white people’s fault.

The real agenda is to indict white America.

Jared Taylor on reparations.

Do blacks deserve compensation for slavery?

Students were “traumatized.”

Cory Booker: “While genius is spread equally across ZIP codes, opportunity is not.”

Buildings will be renamed after Indian tribes.

Unlike previous celebrations, this one will highlight slavery.