Bob Hudson Lynched & Wife Beaten in Weakley County, Tennessee
On October 9, 1893, in the rural expanse of Weakley County, Tennessee, near the small town of Dresden, a Black farmer named Bob Hudson became...
Category : History
The Paradox of Western Values – Atrocities, Hypocrisy, & the Illusion of Moral Superiority
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In an era of global interconnectedness, the phrase “Western values” is often invoked as a beacon of enlightenment—a shorthand for democracy, human rights, individual liberty,...
The Egypt Plantation
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Thomas Thistlewood’s Domain in Jamaica The Egypt plantation, located in Westmoreland parish in western Jamaica, was the primary site of Thomas Thistlewood’s operations as a...
Thomas Thistlewood
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Thomas Thistlewood (1721–1786) was an English-born planter, slave owner, and prolific diarist whose life in colonial Jamaica provides one of the most detailed—and disturbing—windows into...
Why Didn’t Europeans Use Their Own Local Workforce for Plantations Instead of Enslaving Africans?
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The transatlantic slave trade, spanning from the 15th to the 19th centuries, forcibly transported an estimated 11-12.5 million Africans to the Americas, primarily to work...
No Matter How Wealthy: The Persistent Threat of Black Excellence in the White Imagination
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In a nation that prides itself on the American Dream, the accumulation of vast wealth should theoretically provide a buffer against insecurity. Yet, for many...
The Hypocrisy of Racial Narratives: When the “Best” of White Society Reveals the Worst
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In discussions about race in America, a familiar pattern emerges. White critics often cherry-pick the most negative elements of Black society—crime statistics, isolated incidents of...
Convict Leasing in America
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Exploitation and Racial Injustice Post-Emancipation Convict leasing was a system of forced labor that emerged in the Southern United States following the Civil War, effectively...
Perez v. Sharp
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A Landmark Victory Against Anti-Miscegenation Laws In 1948, the California Supreme Court made history by striking down the state’s anti-miscegenation statute in Perez v. Sharp,...
Anti-Miscegenation Laws in the United States
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Criminalizing Love Across Racial Lines For centuries, laws in the United States dictated who could marry whom, using race as the dividing line. Known as...