Letters of Note: To My Old Master
february 2012 by fakeisthenewreal
Although you shot at me twice before I left you, I did not want to hear of your being hurt, and am glad you are still living.
letter
slavery
history
usa
february 2012 by fakeisthenewreal
Certificates of Freedom, 1844
october 2007 by fakeisthenewreal
"Know Ye, that John Jones is a free person of color" (astounding)
history
document
slavery
illinois
october 2007 by fakeisthenewreal
Rhizome.org: Mendi+Keith Obadike Launch Big House / Disclosure
february 2007 by fakeisthenewreal
sounds awesome: "200-hour long house song ... March 1st-8th [at] Northwestern ... created in honor of 200th anniv of British abolition of slave trade & Chicago’s Slavery Era Disclosure Ordinance (2002)" (but 8 days is only 192 hrs!)
chicago
art
slavery
viarhizome
february 2007 by fakeisthenewreal
Ties That Bind Sharpton to Thurmond | World Latest | Guardian Unlimited
february 2007 by fakeisthenewreal
"`I doubt you can find many native South Carolinians today whose family, if you traced them back far enough, didn't own slaves,` said Ellen Senter, Strom's niece." (lots of troubling ways to parse that)
slavery
usa
south.carolina
viakottke
genealogy
february 2007 by fakeisthenewreal
Secret Six - Wikipedia
january 2007 by fakeisthenewreal
American terrorists we can be proud of. "John Brown's body lies a-mouldering in the grave..."
terrorism
slavery
usa
history
wikipedia
january 2007 by fakeisthenewreal
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