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It's Claimed that Only 1.6% of US Citizens Owned Slaves In 1860. We Ran the Numbers
Snopes via Yahoo News· 2 months agoTwitter/Wallace Moura/Getty Images On April 2, 2024, the claim that "only 1.6% of US citizens owned...
‘Descendant’ Review: The Discovery of a Sunken Slave Ship Galvanizes a Community in Sundance-Winning...
Variety via Yahoo News· 2 years agoIn 1808, the United States banned the importation of slaves, effectively putting an end to the...
'I share this cry with you.' Memorial marks Tybee's role in the Middle Passage slave trade
Savannah Morning News via Yahoo News· 2 years agoEditor's Note: A previous version of this story stated that the City of Tybee Island dedicated the...
Juneteenth and Black America’s Love of Horses
Harper's Bazaar via Yahoo News· 11 months agoJuneteenth and Black America’s Love of HorsesBRENDAN SMIALOWSKI - Getty Images Each year, Black people across the United States observe June 19—the day...
Politicians seek to control classroom discussions about slavery in the US
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 2 years agoA Texas law says slavery cannot be taught as part of the 'true founding' of the United States. Tamir...
A 1787 federal law forbade slavery in Ohio, but African Americans here still faced abuses
The Columbus Dispatch via Yahoo News· 1 year agoThe history of African-Americans in Columbus and central Ohio is a long and complex story....
6 Things To Know About AfricaTown & Its Descendants
Travel Noire via Yahoo News· 1 year agoAfricaTown holds great historical significance as one of the nation’s oldest African-American neighborhoods. It’s credited as being one of the first...
Should a Florida state park still honor the Confederacy? Calls for change go unheard
Bradenton Herald via Yahoo News· 11 months agoOn a sunny spring day at a state park in Florida, the United Daughters of the Confederacy threw a...
'A casa é sua': Brazilian immigrants find unlikely home at Huntingdon Valley church
Bucks County Courier Times via Yahoo News· 1 year agoWho stands beside you … when you stand before God. Inside the Huntingdon Valley Presbyterian Church,...
What do the Republicans stand for?
The Week via Yahoo News· 7 months agoThe elephant has become an enduring symbol of the GOP. The United States has been a two-party democracy for most of its existence, much to the chagrin of...
