Author: stormbear

Crossposted from Left Toon Lane, Bilerico Project & My Left Wing click to enlargeThe first record of African slavery in Colonial America occurred in 1619. A Dutch ship, the White Lion, had captured 20 enslaved Africans in a...

Crossposted from Left Toon Lane, Bilerico Project & My Left Wing click to enlargeThe vast majority of African-Americans in the United States were enslaved prior to the ratification of the Thirteenth Amendment to the US...

Crossposted from Left Toon Lane, Bilerico Project & My Left Wing click to enlargeThe history of slavery in the United States (1619-1865) began when English colonists first settled Virginia and lasted until the passage of the...

Crossposted from Left Toon Lane, Bilerico Project & My Left Wing click to enlargeThis is a recreation of an advertisement for the sale of Slaves in the American South. Link Ads such as these were not the exception, they were...

Crossposted from Left Toon Lane, Bilerico Project & My Left Wing click to enlargeThe seasoning camps of the Caribbean were built to break the will of the Africans before being sold. Any emotional bonds between slaves were...