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Robert K. D. Colby

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  • A drawing of Confederate soldiers on horseback violently forcing Black people to walk south.

    After Confederate Forces Took Their Children, These Black Mothers Fought to Reunite Their Families

    Confederates kidnapped free Black people to sell into slavery. After the war, two women sought help from high places to track down their lost loved ones.
    by Robert K. D. Colby via Smithsonian on February 6, 2025
  • "The Most Potent Money Power": Slave Traders, Dark Money, and Elections

    In the midst of the secession crisis, Unionists accused slave traders of waging an assault on democracy.
    by Robert K. D. Colby via Muster on October 19, 2018
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An Unholy Traffic: Slave Trading in the Civil War South
Robert K. D. Colby
2024

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An Unholy Traffic: How the Slave Trade Continued Through the US Civil War

In a new book, Robert KD Colby of the University of Mississippi shows how the Confederacy remained committed to slavery.
by Rich Tenorio via The Guardian on April 28, 2024
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