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The White House: a slave's view: the discovery of a memoir by one of President Madison's slaves sheds light on the role slavery once played in the White House. Swarns, Rachel L. Nov 23, 2009 1353
Slavery, slaves, and cash in a Georgia village, 1825-1865. Paterson, David E. Report Nov 1, 2009 23278
What's in a name? Rhode Island is debating whether to change its official name, which reminds some residents of its slave-trading past. Goodnough, Abby Sep 21, 2009 1612
Rethinking the "unthinking decision": old questions and new problems in the history of slavery and race in the colonial South. Goetz, Rebecca Anne Essay Aug 1, 2009 5967
Labor and the idea of race in the American South. Jones, Jacqueline Essay Aug 1, 2009 5852
The second slavery: modernity in the nineteenth-century South and the Atlantic world. Kaye, Anthony E. Essay Aug 1, 2009 11438
"Crete the opening wedge": nationalism and international affairs in Postbellum America. Prior, David Jun 22, 2009 12560
Independence Day dilemmas in the American South, 1848-1865. Quigley, Paul May 1, 2009 14831
Lincoln also prevented slavery in Latin America. Apr 1, 2009 580
Reggae reveals Church involvement in slavery. Tidemann, Paul A. Report Apr 1, 2009 1810
The house that slaves built: as Barack Obama and his family move into the presidential, mansion, a took back at a 200-year-old house that has not always been so welcoming to blacks. Harris, Gardiner Jan 12, 2009 484
Contested ground: hinterland slavery in colonial New York. Williams-Myers, A.J. Report Jan 1, 2009 18037
"Conduct ... inexcusable and unjustifiable": bound children, battered freedwomen, and the limits of emancipation in Kentucky's Bluegrass Region. Rhyne, J.Michael Essay Dec 22, 2008 12573
The long walk from slave market to the White House. Chronology Dec 1, 2008 2476
U.S. apology for slavery--apparently not front page news. Osel, Ananda S. Nov 1, 2008 1184
Slavery: the case for reparations (2). Quartey, Kwesi Feb 1, 2008 4077
To "doe some good upon their countrymen": the paradox of Indian slavery in early Anglo-America. Guasco, Michael Dec 22, 2007 12385
Revival for justice. Wallis, Jim Mar 1, 2007 1031
Anti-slavery pioneers: 25 March 2007 marks the 200th anniversary of the abolition of the slave trade in the British colonies. The groundbreaking popular campaign to bring this about began two decades earlier. Clare Goff looks back on what was arguably the first mass political campaign--and argues that those same techniques still need applying to 21st-century forms of slavery. Goff, Clare Mar 1, 2007 2284
William Henry Seward, the Virginia controversy, and the anti-slavery movement, 1839-1841. Valone, Stephen J. Jan 1, 2007 6023
Will the Queen apologise for slavery? de Figueiredo, Antonio May 1, 2006 1575
The Seminoles, the "bloodhound war," and abolitionism, 1796-1865. Campbell, John May 1, 2006 21577
Slavery as an American educational institution: historiographical inquiries. Warren, Donald Dec 22, 2005 5783
Some notes on the extent of New York City's involvement in the Underground Railroad. Williams-Myers, A.J. Jul 1, 2005 2653
Reconciliation triangle. Henderson, Gerald Brief Article Feb 1, 2005 175
John Leland: evolving views of slavery, 1789-1839: in 1789, the General Committee of Virginia Baptists turned to Massachusetts native John Leland to craft a statement concerning slavery. Gourley, Bruce Biography Jan 1, 2005 5350
"A nation born to slavery": missionaries and racial discourse in seventeenth-century French Antilles. Peabody, Sue Sep 22, 2004 7476
'A nation born to slavery': missionaries and racial discourse in seventeenth-century French Antilles. Brief Article Sep 22, 2004 144
The white curse. Galeano, Eduardo Aug 1, 2004 1081
Attacking slavery from within: the making of The Impending Crisis of the South. Myller, Rolf Aug 1, 2004 18528
Discharging a debt: until America acknowledges the devastating effects of slavery on the current economic condition of African Americans, the issue of reparations will never become law. Cose, Ellis Excerpt Jul 1, 2004 2346
The paradox of freedom: tribal sovereignty and emancipation during the reconstruction of Indian territory. Saunt, Claudio Feb 1, 2004 15724
History that haunts. Vance, Roger L. Brief Article Feb 1, 2004 115
Do blacks deserve a national apology? Should today's citizenry be held morally and financially accountable for the misdeeds of America's forefathers? Swain, Carol M. Cover Story Jan 1, 2004 2016
Black Thunder's call for a conjure response to American Negro Slavery. Lane, Suzanne Critical Essay Dec 22, 2003 9545
Reparations battles. Dumke, Mick Dec 1, 2003 764
Slave sugar. Dec 1, 2003 1209
On agency. Johnson, Walter Sep 22, 2003 6703
Remembering Scottsboro: during the 1930s, two unknown artists created a series of linoleum cuts telling the story of slavery and racism in the American South. Seldom was protest art so linked to political action as it was in the campaign to free the "Scottsboro Boys.". Kelley, Robin D.G. Sep 22, 2003 947
UK: London festival targets capital's slavery past: 23 August marks UNESCO's International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition. This year, Anti-Slavery International, the world's oldest international human rights organisation, in partnership with African heritage community groups, is organising a four-day programme in remembrance of Britain's role in the Transatlantic Slave Trade. Herzfeld, Beth Aug 1, 2003 828
Using the WPA ex-slave narratives to study the impact of the Great Depression. Shaw, Stephanie J. Aug 1, 2003 19283
Slavery in Oneida County, New York. DeAmicis, Jan Jul 1, 2003 22422
Jubilee Juneteenth: how our people celebrated freedom time. Dodson, Angela P. May 1, 2003 2746
Slavery time for some home truths. (Diaspora). Lewis, Lester Jan 1, 2003 1400
The African Holocaust: should Europe pay reparations to Africa for colonialism and slavery? Spitzer, Ryan Michael Oct 1, 2002 13582
The common law right to earn a living. Sandefur, Timothy Jun 22, 2002 10498
Sins of the past: activists seek reparations from U.S. government and corporations with ties to slavery. (National News). Reed, K. Terrell Jun 1, 2002 1299
Kevin Bales. (Keeping Current). Williams, Stephanie Brief Article May 1, 2002 110
Making history with prizes. (History Today). Holzer, Harold Brief Article Apr 1, 2002 452
Generations of unpaid labor make a case for reparations. Huntley, Horace Feb 1, 2002 2028
Growing up in slavery. (American History). McCabe, Suzanne Jan 7, 2002 1152
Another side of Thomas Jefferson: he was the icon who drafted the Declaration of Independence ... the man who most ardently championed the fight for individual rights at a time when such notions were singed with controversy. And yet ... Shafer, Gregory Jan 1, 2002 3188
Friends and foes of Slavery: Foreigners and northerners in the old south. Rousey, Dennis C. Dec 22, 2001 13436
Durban: Portugal ought to lead the apology wagon. (Viewpoint). Figueiredo, Antonio de Oct 1, 2001 1383
Abolition without deliverance: The law of Connecticut slavery 1784-1848. (Note). Menschel, David Oct 1, 2001 19614
Culture Watch: Legacy Admissions. Brief Article Sep 17, 2001 501
A brief history of Slavery. Aug 1, 2001 1188
U.S. church apologizes for not doing more to oppose slavery. Brief Article Jul 1, 2001 77
Slavery Memorial Day. (Cover Story/Slavery). Ankomah, Baffour Jul 1, 2001 1308
France finally owns up. (Cover Story/Slavery). Michaud, Paul Brief Article Jul 1, 2001 738
Just an 'appalling tragedy'? (Cover Story/Slavery). Jul 1, 2001 4032
The gospel according to William Lynch. (Cover Story/slavery). Jul 1, 2001 2265
Guilty as charged? (Cover Story/Slavery). Posthumus, Bram Jul 1, 2001 2314
Changing the course of history. Mead, Chris Brief Article Jun 1, 2001 413
Don't Censor Horowitz. Rothschild, Matthew Brief Article May 1, 2001 535
Horowitz's Provocation. Reed, Adolph L. Jr. May 1, 2001 2362
"Guaranteed employment until death" (the practice of slavery has been upheld and defended by law in the past). Watson, Jack Aug 1, 2000 1746
Black Baptists, African missions, and racial identity, 1800-1915: a case study of African American religion. Martin, Sandy Dwayne Jun 22, 2000 5430
Amistad scheduled for Launch. Brief Article Apr 1, 2000 380
TIME TRAVELER. Pinckney, Roger Brief Article Dec 1, 1999 371
Island of Stolen Souls. MARCUS, NAOMI Brief Article Oct 4, 1999 778
A vision of healing and spiritual well-being for African Canadian communities. Brown, Y vonne Sep 22, 1999 2366
"All we want is make us free!" (1839 mutiny by slaves aboard Spanish schooner Amistad) Jones, Howard Biography Feb 1, 1998 3609
African roots: slavery was widespread on the African continent long before Europeans appeared - and, indeed, is still practiced there. Beary, Kevin Mar 10, 1997 2158
Orphans and the transition from slave to free labor in Northeast Brazil: the case of Campina Grande, 1850-1888. Meznar, Joan Mar 22, 1994 8402

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