Slavery

Trauma From Slavery Can Actually Be Passed Down Through Your Genes

You can get PTSD from your ancestors. Lincoln Anthony Blades

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'This is Surreal': Descendants of Slaves and Slaveowners Meet on US Plantation

At Prospect Hill in Mississippi, people came from as far as Liberia for an unlikely gathering that led to a scene of visible emotion – with ‘a lot to talk about’

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The Myth of the "Happy Slave," Explained

It's an old trope.  -- Lincoln Anthony Blades

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The Last Slave

In 1931, Zora Neale Hurston sought to publish the story of Cudjo Lewis, the final slave-ship survivor. Instead it languished in a vault. Until now.

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The Slavery Detective of the South

 

The Persistence of Whitewashing

How can Americans have such different memories of slavery? By Jason Silverstein

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The Long History of Child-Snatching by Tera W. Hunter

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New Signs At Worcester Art Museum Tell Viewers Of Art's Connection To Slavery

Maria Garcia

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Hidden History: A Waterbury Slave's Bones by LaSalle Blanks

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An African Country Reckons With Its History of Selling Slaves by Kevin Sieff

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What Kids Are Really Learning About Slavery

A new report finds that the topic is mistaught and often sentimentalized—and students are alarmingly misinformed as a result by Melinda D. Anderson

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Survey reveals slavery is so inadequately taught in schools that students don’t even understand it

Why Schools Fail To Teach Slavery's 'Hard History' by Cory Turner

TEACHING HARD HISTORY: American Slavery

 

Old South Grandeur Leavened With a Cold Look at Slavery

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Women-led Slave Revolts - A Graphic Novel

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