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Slavery in an Age of Emancipation

Robin Blackburn’s sweeping history of slavery and freedom in the second half of the 19th century. Robin Blackburn is undoubtedly one of the most prolific writers on the transnational histories of ...
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Pharaohs in Dixieland – how 19th-century America reimagined Egypt to justify racism and slavery

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In the American South, ancient Egypt and its pharaohs became a way to justify slavery. Stefano Bianchetti/Corbis via Getty Images ...
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Slavery Protest in a 19th-Century Bust

(The Root) — This image is part of a weekly series that The Root is presenting in conjunction with the Image of the Black in Western Art Archive at Harvard University’s W.E.B. Du Bois Institute for ...
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Dutch bank aims to curb ‘negative effects’ of 19th-century slavery

The Dutch central bank apologized for its involvement in the trans-Atlantic slave trade in the 1800s on Friday, the anniversary of the Dutch abolishment of slavery. Klaas Knot, the president of De ...
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Old Slave Mart Museum sheds light on South Carolina's past through 19th century newspapers

CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCIV) — Within the walls of The Old Slave Mart, there are newspapers dated back to the 19th century. They showcase front page ads of enslaved people without a voice. "Slavery and ...