National Geographic article about slavery today uses the figure 27 million, that is 27,000,000! There is, in fact, a current worldwide abolitionist movement More about slavery today And it really is all economic because human life has … [Read more...]
“Child-prostitution raids nab over 600” WHERE is the outrage?
Here is the link, you do not have to take my word for it: http://www.boston.com/news/nat... The story was buried on page two. 642 adults were arrested for supporting themselves in style and making money by pimping out children. 47 … [Read more...]
Before you talk about the “race card” READ “I’ve Got a Home in Glory Land –
I was struck by the description of the 1833 "Blackburn Riots" that occurred in Detroit, and led to Thornton Blackburn's freedom. That may be because I was born in Detroit, and know the streets, places, and some of the personalities … [Read more...]
Moyers Discusses the Myth of Black Emancipation [w/video]
Although the scope at which private citizens and companies enslaved post-war Black Americans is new to me, it's been well documented for years how much state governments reaped obscene profits from these laws through convict leasing. David … [Read more...]
Foreign Slave Trade Act of March 25, 1807
Two hundred years ago today, on March 25, 1807, the Foreign Slave Trade Act received royal assent (it became law). The new law "banned British subjects, shipyards, outfitters, and insurers from participating in the slave trade to the … [Read more...]