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5 Inventions by Enslaved Black Men Blocked by US Patent Office

Consciousness Admin — Sun, 15 Mar 2015 13:07:40 +0000

Source: Atlantablackstar.com The Patent Act of 1793 and 1836 barred enslaved Africans from obtaining patents because they were not considered citizens. In 1861, Jefferson Davis, president of the Confederate States of America, enacted a patent law that allowed enslaved Africans to receive patent protection for their inventions, according to Bloomberg.com. In 1870, the U.S. government [...]

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10 Horrifying Facts About The Sexual Exploitation of Enslaved Black Women You May Not Know

Consciousness Admin — Mon, 29 Dec 2014 19:14:38 +0000

Source: http://atlantablackstar.com Owners of enslaved people claimed they were doing Black women a favor by having sex with them. Enslaved women were forced to have sex with their owners, but their masters considered this a favor. White men often claimed they were doing Black women a favor by saving them from having sex with Black [...]

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9 of the Biggest Slave Owners in American History

Consciousness Admin — Mon, 29 Dec 2014 18:25:06 +0000

Source: http://atlantablackstar.com Col. Joshua John Ward of Georgetown, South Carolina: 1,130 Known as “King of the Rice Planters,” Ward had 1,130 enslaved Blacks on the Brookgreen plantation in South Carolina. In 1850, Ward controlled six large plantations and produced 3.9 million pounds of rice. Dr. Stephen Duncan of Issaquena, Mississippi: 858 Duncan was a businessman who [...]

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4 Heartbreaking Stories of Mistreating Black Children During Slavery

Consciousness Admin — Mon, 29 Dec 2014 18:13:19 +0000

Source: http://atlantablackstar.com Using Black Babies as Bait In the Bayou region and Southern states, small Black children would be stolen from their mothers and left in alligator territories to be used as bait. The crying Black infants would be used to attract alligators for hunting purposes. According to a video called Lest We Forget by [...]

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10 Slave Codes That Were Designed To Oppress And Humiliate Black People

Consciousness Admin — Mon, 29 Dec 2014 17:57:32 +0000

Source: http://atlantablackstar.com Enslaved Blacks and Africans did not readily accept slavery. There were many uprisings where white settlers were slain or injured, in the South and North. Plantation owners were fearful for their lives from a violent rebellion, so much so that they came together to create what they called “slave codes,” a succession of [...]

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