Category : History

History

Hunting down runaway slaves

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The cruel ads of Andrew Jackson and “The master class“ “Stop the Runaway,” Andrew Jackson urged in an ad placed in the Tennessee Gazette in...
History

The Casual Killing Act of 1669

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That made it legal to kill a slave at will The legal framework of colonial Virginia systematically dehumanized enslaved Black individuals, codifying their treatment as...
History

5 Myths About Slavery

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1. Myth #1: There were Irish slaves in the American colonies. As the historian and public librarian, Liam Hogan has written: “There is unanimous agreement,...