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Blog: MADE IN AMERICA
One of the leading economic historians of the American south, Stanford's Gavin Wright, observes in a recent Journal of Economic Perspectives article that both 19th-century defenders of slavery and 21st-century critics of slavery credit it for the rise of modern industrial capitalism. Southern "King Cotton" was, goes the argument, the cheap ingredient that grew the […]
Blog: Demokratiegeschichten
Im 19. Jahrhundert steigt Großbritannien zur mächtigsten Nation der Welt auf. Die britische Regierung herrscht zum Zeitpunkt der größten Ausdehnung des British Empire (1922) über mehr als 450 Millionen Menschen, also etwa ein Viertel der Weltbevölkerung. So haben die Entscheidungen, die in London getroffen werden, lange Zeit Einfluss auf Menschen ... mehr
Der Beitrag Das Inkrafttreten der Freiheit – der Slavery Abolition Act erschien zuerst auf Demokratiegeschichten.
Blog: AIER | American Institute for Economic Research
"The late economist Walter E. Williams said that slavery was the worst thing ever to happen to his ancestors, but the best thing ever to happen to him." ~ Charley Hooper and David R. Henderson
Blog: AIER | American Institute for Economic Research
"As with most K-12 curricula, the new standards are heavy on formulaic 'lessons' to check boxes about names, dates, and subjects being covered. This approach often lacks the nuance and complexity that are needed to examine historical subjects such as slavery." ~ Phillip W. Magness
Blog: Australian Institute of International Affairs
Most people don't realise that despite abolition more than 200 years ago, slavery remains a problem today. It is cheap and readily accessible, and may exist in the supply chains of brands that many use or wear daily.
Blog: Reason.com
Abraham Lincoln pledged in his First Inaugural Address to keep the union together but to allow slavery in the States that had it already
Blog: AIER
"Within two generations after the Founding, at costs in blood, sweat, and tears that most people today cannot imagine, the Americans abolished within the United States that ugly ancient practice that had existed for thousands of years elsewhere in the world." ~ Thomas L. Krannawitter
Blog: Völkerrechtsblog
The post Arguing over Empire: Hugo Grotius, European Expansionism and Slavery appeared first on Völkerrechtsblog.
Blog: PolitiFact - Rulings and Stories
Did Democrats want expansion of slavery, while Republicans opposed it? Walker's claim is mostly true
Blog: The Strategist
Last month, Canada passed modern slavery laws focused specifically on forced labour and child labour. This comes in the context of an emerging global trend of new national modern slavery laws. In Australia, a statutory ...
Blog: MADE IN AMERICA
Close reading of K-12 history textbooks has suddenly become popular among adults (not so much among students). This is surprising given how bored most American adults were in their history classes and given Americans' focus on the immediate present. ("The only history that is worth a tinker's damn is the history we make today," said […]
Blog: USAPP
In 2023 the Phelan US Centre spoke to the authors of the Brattle Group Report on Reparations for Transatlantic Chattel Slavery, which estimates reparations for the total harm from enslavement, including to those who were enslaved and to their descendants. Dr. Coleman Bazelon, Rohan Janakiraman, and Mary Olson discuss their report and how it can … Continued
Blog: PolitiFact - Rulings and Stories
Florida "decided middle school students will be taught that enslaved people benefited from slavery."
Blog: Global Voices
"The demand for reparations is not an attempt to rewrite history or to continue the cycle of victimization. It's a call to recognize the undeniable truth and rewrite the wrongs ..."
Blog: Global Voices
Suriname's Keti Koti is celebrated annually to mark the abolition of slavery. The July 1, 2023 commemoration was special, however, as it marked the beginning of the Dutch Slavery Memorial Year.