Truth, lies, and slavery July 29, 2023Robert Arvay
That Florida textbook noting that some slaves learned skills is no paean to slavery the way its critics claim.
The Danger in Republicans' Fight to Own Lincoln's Legacy August 27, 2018William Sullivan
Both Republicans and Democrats have built easily digestible historical narratives regarding American political history since the Civil War. Peculiarly, there seems to be a debate about who gets to own the legacy of Abraham Lincoln.
Slavery, White Guilt, and the Politics of Absurdity July 8, 2017Abraham H. Miller
Slavery was not just a despicable institution; it was also a complex one that drew participation from the elite in West African kingdoms, Western Europe, the Americas, the Maghreb, and the Middle East.
Will America Ever Be Forgiven For Slavery? June 12, 2014Patricia L. Dickson
I have recently gotten into heated debates with other black Americans over the fact that African slave traders enslaved other Africans and then sold them in the Transatlantic Slave Trade.
Healthcare Slavery February 12, 2014Howard McCrum
Americans can stop and smell the roses now that they are unshackled from the adult responsibility of providing for their own basic necessities. Others will toil that they may be free.
Slavery in the World Today October 25, 2013Michael Curtis
A new study disposes of the generally accepted view that slavery was abolished throughout the world in the 19th century.
The Frederick Douglass Free Public Library September 20, 2013Ken Blackwell and Bob Morrison
Frederick Douglass was the great leader of his people. He was, as some of his white admirers called him, a powerful African prince. But he was also fully American.
Let My People Go April 27, 2013Jerrold L. Sobel
Slavery is explicitly permitted in the Koran. Recently Sheikh Saleh Al-Fawzan, a prominent Saudi religious leader called for slavery to be re-legalized throughout the kingdom.
Against the Ghetto Plantation February 10, 2013Jeanne Donovan
Frederick Douglass, "...a Republican, a black, dyed in the wool Republican," would have condemned Democratic policies that resubjugate American blacks.
Redistribution as Slavery December 18, 2012Dean Kalahar
A modern form of slavery has been embedded within the welfare state. And no matter how you slice it, property theft to promote a false ideology of "fairness" or advance a twisted form of "compassion" to gain power is abhorrent.
Obama and Slavery December 10, 2012Daren Jonescu
The progressive seeks to nationalize the slave industry. This is the literal meaning of his demands for confiscatory tax rates, redistribution of wealth, hyper-regulation of industry, and government control of health care and education.
Lincoln and the Welfare State December 7, 2012Mary Nicholas
Lincoln would not only stand against the welfare state, but fight it. Why? Because his piercing gray eyes would instantly recognize it as another form of slavery, one more insidious than the variety he fought, but slavery nevertheless.
