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The History of Slavery in the United States From Beginning to End
With the first 20 Africans brought to Virginia in 1619, the United States initiated a labor system characterized by extreme ...
Did You Know About The First Black Love Story In America?
Love in a hopeless place: two lovebirds were kidnapped from Angola and forced into labor in the Americas, yet they maintained their bond, research shows.
Walking through history and Savannah’s stories of slavery
A 90-minute walking tour details the city’s role in promoting slavery throughout the South and the driving force of faith to survive and triumph over it.
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Black History Month Minute: The dark history of New York’s Wall Street
Wall Street is known for its stock trades, but 300 years ago it was the site of a very different kind of investment.
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The Cotton Economy and Slavery
Cotton transformed the United States, making fertile land in the Deep South, from Georgia to Texas, extraordinarily valuable. Growing more cotton meant an increased demand for slaves. Slaves in ...
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I study modern-day slavery − and here’s what I’ve learned about how enslavers try to justify their actions
Slavery in the US People are enslaved in the U.S., too. The National Human Trafficking Resource center, which documents cases of forced labor and sex trafficking, has identified 197,000 victims of ...
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10 million more people were in modern slavery in 2021 compared to 2016 global ... Global annual profit from forced labour estimated at US$236 billion The annual global profit generated from ...
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Born into Slavery, Rufus Estes Became One of the First Black Cookbook Authors and Served Presidents
Rufus Estes served presidents, a princess, and world-famous musicians as a chef on Pullman cars before becoming one of the ...