You are a Quaker abolitionist. In a love story to your partner, explain why you can’t live in a world with slavery. My Dearest Tucker, I feel like our love is the only pure thing in a world stained with hatred and injustice. How can our fellow brethren enslave one another? Are they too blind [...]
Reading 33: Slave Noon
October 29, 2009 By 1 Comment
Malcolm X often referred to the differences between house slaves and field slaves when he explained Black Nationalism and its connection to modern race relations. I first read those speeches when I was in college, but I don’t think I really understood the implications until I started reading about Steve Biko and the Black [...]
Reading 32: Slave Morning
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William Waller sells 20 slaves to a local market. James Hammond prepares punishments for field slaves. Hugh Lawson misses a dead slave and Charles Brock gets to work with his sons and slaves. It’s morning in the South. THE BURDENS OF SLAVEHOLDING (368) Although this section is morally troubling (as much as the others, the [...]
