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The Curious History of Anthony Johnson: From Captive African to Right-Wing Talking Point
Certain pundits are misrepresenting the biography of the "first black slaveholder."
by
Tyler D. Parry
via
Black Perspectives
on
July 22, 2019
My Great-Grandfather, the Nigerian Slave-Trader
White traders couldn’t have loaded their ships without help from Africans like my great-grandfather.
by
Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani
via
The New Yorker
on
July 15, 2018
On Prejudice
An 18th-century creole slaveholder invented the idea of 'racial prejudice’ to defend diversity among a slaveowning elite.
by
Blake Smith
via
Aeon
on
March 5, 2018
Slavery Myths Debunked
The Irish were slaves too; slaves had it better than factory workvers; black people fought for the Confederacy; and so on.
by
Jamelle Bouie
,
Rebecca Onion
via
Slate
on
September 29, 2015
The Slave Trade and the Jews
Jews have long been feared as the power behind inexplicable evils. Responsibility for the African slave trade has recently been added to this list of crimes.
by
David Brion Davis
via
New York Review of Books
on
December 22, 1994
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