In early 1839, Portuguese slave traders captured dozens of native Mende Africans from the territory of modern-day Sierra Leone — technically, in violation of several international treaties — and sold them to two Spaniards in the slave markets of Havana, Cuba. On July 1, while en route to nearby plantations aboard the Spaniards’ schooner... Read More| Today in Connecticut History
Interview with Silky Shah Silky Shah has been an immigrant justice organizer for over two decades. She is currently the executive director of Detention Watch Network, a national coalition working to abolish immigrant detention in the U.S. We met up recently in Chicago at the annual Socialism Conference. We were both on a panel with other| Hard Crackers
The Paradox as Context The literature of the Revolution is replete with references to the Founding Fathers’ recognition of the anguishing contradiction between the ideals they ostensibly endorsed in the Declaration of Independence—specifically Thomas Jefferson’s rhetoric about human equality and inalienable rights—and the commitment many of them made to sustaining the institution of human bondage […]| Journal of the American Revolution
On the first anniversary of the hanging of John Brown, December 3, 1860, abolitionists from Boston and around the country assembled in Tremont Temple to discuss the question, “How can American slavery be abolished?” Among the scheduled speakers were John Brown Jr., Wendell Phillips, and Frederick Douglass. But the city’s business leaders, perhaps with support…| Blog of the APA
On this edition of Waters Troubled, slavery is protested from the grave, colonists realize that the liberty that they themselves desire must also be extended to those they keep in chains and a slave woman writes poetry on the blessing and curse of having been kidnapped from her mother country. The post Waters Troubled II [podcast] appeared first on The Brophisticate.| The Brophisticate
In the beginning days of the settling of America, slavery was a world-wide phenomenon that had plagued humanity since its early days. But the conscience of Christians began to be troubled by the practice and gradually what had always been had to be undone forever. Welcome to the introductory episode of our series Waters Troubled, […]| The Brophisticate
KICK THE COPS OFF YOUR BLOCK: Introduction: For contemplative and practical purposes, we need worldviews and theories that have explanatory … More| Usufruct Collective
In the past decade, scholars of Early America have produced a series of subaltern studies on enslaved women before the law. Books by Jessica Millward and Martha Jones have shown how enslaved women used local courts to flesh out legal standing for Black kinship ties and Black citizenship prior to emancipation. Emily A. Owens’ study| AAIHS - African American Intellectual History Society
In early 1839, Portuguese slave traders captured dozens of native Mende Africans from the territory of modern-day Sierra Leone — technically, in violation of several international trea…| Today in Connecticut History
“I just think goodness is more interesting. Evil is constant. You can think of different ways to murder people, butContinue Reading| Nest of Abolitionists
In the 1730’s when Quakers first settled in Loudoun County, Virginia they, like Mennonites in Pennsylvania, and Moravians in Pennsylvania and North Carolina, were a unique group within their …| Nest of Abolitionists
