In comparing the peculiar institution in the American Antebellum South with its ancestor in the ancient world, you find a few differences and many similarities. One of the most obvious differences is that to qualify as a slave in the Antebellum South, you had to have some Black African ancestry. You didn’t need much. By […]
How Did Slavery in the Amercan Antebellum South Compare to Slavery in the Ancient World?
May 22, 2014 By 1 Comment
Book Review: Twelve Years a Slave by Solomon Northrup
May 20, 2014 By Leave a Comment
I made the acquaintance of Solomon Northrup almost by chance. I had heard good things about the movie Twelve Years a Slave, but I probably wouldn’t have watched it if it hadn’t been offered as entertainment on an airplane flight to France. I wasn’t planning to read the book, but, as I was walking my […]
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