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Slate.com “We went to bed one night old-fashioned, conservative, Compromise Union Whigs and waked up stark mad Abolitionists.”
The Fugitive Slave Act Galvanized the Abolitionists. Will the Muslim Ban Do the Same for a New Resis
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On its face, the 1850 Fugitive Slave Act was a mere update of the 1793 fugitive slave law, written to enforce the Fugitive Slave Clause in the Constitu ...
109 months ago
AP "People are comfortable keeping us in that slave narrative," said one black viewer. "I want people to know the full range of who we are."
Another slave film? Some are weary, others want more history
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PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Monica Mingo had sworn off watching slave movies after seeing the Oscar-winning "12 Years a Slave": The horrifying depictions of black people being beaten, rap
113 months ago
National Geographic Channel A string of recent events has brought the leader of an 1831 slave rebellion back into the news.
Nat Turner's Slave Uprising Left Complex Legacy
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Nat Turner was an African-American slave preacher in Virginia who led the bloodiest slave rebellion in American history.
114 months ago
The Daily Beast The name of the slave who aided her white owner has been, of course, lost to history.
The Slave Owner Who Stitched the Original Star-Spangled Banner
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Mary Young Pickersgill’s deeds made herself an American icon, but what about the slave who helped her?
114 months ago
Washington Post "The stories that will help us understand the slave trade, this crucial moment in human history, are down there."
The incredible quest to find the African slave ships that sunk in the Atlantic
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Ibrahima Thiaw wanted to find 200-year-old slave wrecks. First he had to learn to swim.
115 months ago
CBS News Two hundred years ago, a ship named for St. Joseph, sank in a terrible storm. Half the passengers survived but the sea closed over more than 200 men, women and children who were locked below the deck. You would think a disaster like that would be leg Read more ... endary. But the St. Joseph was a slave ship. And the screams bursting from the hold were the cries of cargo.
The Slave Ship
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Scott Pelley reports on the Smithsonian and the Slave Wrecks Project's journey to recover the first artifacts known to be preserved from a slave ship
125 months ago
Los Angeles Times Entertainment Would a young video game player be able to grasp the inhumanity of the slave trade, all while being rewarded for stacking brick slaves efficiently or expertly navigating a slave ship?
I played 'Slave Tetris' so your kids don't have to
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I knew something was wrong when I found myself doing doughnuts in a fully loaded slave ship off of Ivory Coast. During the past week, an educational game aimed at elementary and middle school students titled "Playing History 2 — Slave Trad Read more ... e" has been the subject of online…
127 months ago
HuffPost Science & Tech Thank goodness.
Slave Trade Video Game Edited After Backlash
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The creators of "Playing History: Slave Trade" removed a level Monday which featured black slave characters being dropped into a ship.
127 months ago
CNN International This is the voice of an African American slave. On International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade, listen to his harrowing story, in his words: http://cnn.it/1WMLMA1
127 months ago
TheRoot.com A look back at 3 slave ship stories. #FindingYourRoots
When a Slave Ship Figures Into Family Lore
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Tracing Your Roots: On the heels of the anniversary of the Amistad uprising, we recall our three favorite columns involving brave ancestors on slave ships.
127 months ago