Thomas Thistlewood
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...
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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...
The Bell Curve: An Overview and Its Impact
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Published in 1994, The Bell Curve: Intelligence and Class Structure in American Life by Richard J. Herrnstein and Charles Murray is a controversial book that...
The Negro American Magazine
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A Beacon of Harlem Renaissance Culture The Negro American Magazine, published in San Antonio, Texas, during the 1920s, was a significant yet often overlooked publication...
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...
The Tragic Life of Ota Benga
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A Story of Exploitation and Resilience Ota Benga, a Mbuti man born around 1883 in the Congo Free State (now the Democratic Republic of Congo),...
Tortola
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Nestled in the heart of the Caribbean, Tortola stands as the largest and most vibrant island in the British Virgin Islands (BVI), a British Overseas...
C. L. R. James
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Cyril Lionel Robert James, known as C. L. R. James, was born on January 4, 1901, in Tunapuna, Trinidad, then a British colony. Growing up...
Life in Contraband Camps
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During the American Civil War (1861–1865), contraband camps emerged as significant yet often overlooked havens for enslaved African Americans seeking freedom. These camps, established near...