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Erasing the Scars: How "Whipped Peter" Is Being Written Out of America's Story

The 1863 photograph that exposed slavery's brutality is being pulled from national park exhibits under a new federal order — replacing…

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Erasing the Scars: How "Whipped Peter" Is Being Written Out of America's Story

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When Your Slave Trade Math Don’t Math

You might try starting with the right numbers

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When Your Slave Trade Math Don’t Math

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The Domestic Slave Trade

The parts they don’t say out loud

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The Domestic Slave Trade

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What’s Wrong With Reparations?

The imperative for America to pay reparations to Black people

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Close-up of a cotton boll with cotton field and barn in the background in the South. Black slaves picked cotton and drove the entire economic engine of the South during slavery. Many of those enslavers’ families remain wealthy today.

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Never Forget The First Black Man Found Not Guilty By an All-White Jury

From chains to courage, the forgotten inspiring life of Charles Caldwell.

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Never Forget The First Black Man Found Not Guilty By an All-White Jury

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The Times When African Slaves Rebelled Against Their Captors

A brief look at some of the greatest slave rebellions in history.

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The Times When African Slaves Rebelled Against Their Captors

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Thank You, Radcliffe Bailey

A tribute to a legendary artist who sculpted Black history.

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Thank You, Radcliffe Bailey

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Florida’s History of African Resistance

The story of the Maroons is missing from American education

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Florida’s History of African Resistance

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San Francisco’s Proposed $5M Per Black Resident Reparations

How California’s historical role in slavery impacts present

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San Francisco’s Proposed $5M Per Black Resident Reparations

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