Some 100 years after her death, Araminta Harriet Ross is finally getting her props. You know Ross better as Harriet Tubman, that bold sister who…
During the sixteenth century, Brits from Europe brought the tradition of making pumpkin pies for dessert to West Africa. The tradition was soon brought to…
One of Jacque Reid’s recent guests was a mom who was upset with her five-year-old son’s elementary school because she thought the lesson on slavery…
The Thirteenth Amendment completed the abolition of slavery in the United States, which had begun with President Abraham Lincoln issuing the Emancipation Proclamation in 1863. After Congress voted for the 13th Amendment in January 1864, the measure went to the states for ratification. On Dec. 6, 1865, the amendment received the three-fourths’ vote it needed when Georgia became the 27th state […]
Christmas morning our family is going to the movies, I want to see Django Unchained while my daughter, Miss Musical Theater, wants to see Les Miserables, nothing says Christmas like slaves and hoes.
During slavery, some slaves were given a day of rest while others were forced to continue work. In some parts of the country, slaves were…
Joseph Kony is the world’s worst war criminal, and this 2012 tragedy is currently making news now that this video has gone viral. In 1987, he took over leadership of an existing rebel group and renamed it the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA). Text “Parr” To 23088 To Join Russ Parr’s Mobile Text Club The LRA […]
A letter from a former slave, Jourdan Anderson to the man who owned him, Colonel P.H. Anderson in 1865 has drawn a lot of attention was posted on several sites and even became the top story at Yahoo News. In the letter Jourdan Anderson offers a smart retort to P.H. Anderson’s request that he come […]
Common's portrayal of former slave Elam Ferguson is proving to be one of his smartest career choices to date.
A convicted murderer has filed suit in federal court against the Kilby Correctional Facility in Alabama , claiming they have unjustly kept a book titled “Slavery By Another Name,” out of his hands. According to Mark Melvin’s lawsuit, prison officials saw the book — a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigation of the brutal treatment of Black prisoners […]
RICHMOND — If you’re looking for some clues to your ancestry, you may find them in Virginia. The Virginia Historical Society has launched a new database with over 1,500 searchable slave names. The database, Unknown No Longer, which appears on their site, can find the slave names based on keywords such as name, gender, location, occupation and plantation. […]
PETA will begin showcasing an exhibit in the Natural History Museum in Washington, D.C. this September, that will use depictions of slavery, and other historic oppressions of human beings, as a comparison to animal cruelty. “Child labor, human slavery, and the oppression of women all came to be opposed by our society, thanks to the […]
