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Race, Slavery & Emancipation
Forced labor systems, resistance, abolition, and legacies across societies.
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New IAAM exhibit ‘They Lived’ reframes historic photographs of seven enslaved people
39+ min ago (174+ words) The International African American Museum, located at 14 Wharfside St. in Charleston. The exhibit is part of IAAM Homecoming, a two-day celebration Oct. 16-17 at the museum’s historic site at Gadsden’s Wharf, 14 Wharfside St. The weekend will include a symposium featuring descendants…...
Family stories and historical memory shape Melbourne lecture on genocide recognition
4+ hour, 29+ min ago (587+ words) More than 60 people attended a lecture by historian and author Dr Themistocles Kritikakos at Laconian House in Brunswick, Melbourne, on Sunday, October 4. Organised by the Pallaconian Brotherhood of Melbourne and Victoria “Leonidas”, the presentation was delivered in English and Greek…...
Trafford exhibition celebrates African and Caribbean heritage
5+ hour, 27+ min ago (303+ words) A new exhibition is shining a spotlight on the stories of Trafford’s African and Caribbean communities. Titled Our Stories, Our Legacy, it is part of Trafford’s Black History Month celebrations and is on display at the Trafford Local Studies and…...
It’s A Book About Slavery and Not Another Book About the Battle of Gettysburg
9+ hour, 27+ min ago (333+ words) The beginning of a new book project is always exciting. This is certainly the case for my latest project, which is tentatively titled, The Cornerstone of Robert E. Lee’s Army: Confederate Slaves at Gettysburg. The book will explore the stories of…...
How slavery shaped Warrington through the centuries
14+ hour, 20+ min ago (623+ words) LONG before Warrington had a name, people were already moving through this landscape – hunting, trading, raiding, surviving. Some stayed – some travelled on – and some were taken against their will. Tens of thousands of years ago, the earliest people to pass…...
Five Lessons from Booker T. Washington, Author of ‘Up From Slavery’
14+ hour, 36+ min ago (1239+ words) Born into slavery in Virginia in 1856, Booker T. Washington went on to become one of the most prominent advocates for former slaves and their descendants. Freed from the bonds of slavery toward the end of the Civil War, he worked his…...
Abraham Lincoln Once Represented a Slaveholder Trying to Keep a Black Family Enslaved
16+ hour, 57+ min ago (201+ words) On October 16, 1847, Jane Bryant and her four children were brought from the Coles County jail into an Illinois courtroom. Two justices from the state’s highest court presided. Orlando Ficklin and Charles Constable argued that all five were free. Across from…...
Awareness: New app features untold stories of Black South Carolinians during the American Revolution
16+ hour, 32+ min ago (487+ words) COLUMBIA, S.C. (WIS) - South Carolina’s history is filled with stories that many people have never heard, including the contributions of Black South Carolinians during the American Revolution. Now, a new project is working to uncover those stories and help people explore…...
Three Swiss cantons accused of historical complicity in slavery
1+ day, 1+ hour ago (502+ words) A criminal complaint filed against cantons Zurich, Bern and Solothurn has brought the question of Switzerland’s role in the slave trade before the courts. At its heart is the allegation that the historical predecessors of the three cantons helped to…...
Family Defends Rhodes-Vivour’s Yoruba, Lagos Heritage with Historical Documents
23+ hour, 1+ min ago (240+ words) “We have observed a deliberate attempt to distract the public with falsehoods against a family whose history and pedigree in Lagos State is so well documented and preserved,” the statement read. The archives describe the Rhodes-Vivours as a multi-generational Lagos…...