Author: stormbear

Black History: Birth of Colonial Slavery

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...

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Black History: Slave Names

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...

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Black History: Smile When You Are Sold

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...

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Black History: Thirty Seasoned Negroes

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...

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Black History: Slave Market of Charleston

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...

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