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8 of the Most Revolting and Abominable Acts of Cruelty Inflicted on Enslaved Blacks

Consciousness Admin — Tue, 30 Dec 2014 15:25:42 +0000

Source: http://atlantablackstar.com The Atrocities of the Infamous Madame Lalaurie Louisiana slave owner Madame Lalaurie was one of the most infamous slave owners in the state’s history. The conditions she subjected enslaved people to were so heinous and despicable that even other slave owners were appalled by her actions. Journalists of the time couldn’t even bring [...]

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12 Facts About Slavery in Jamaica That Shaped Its Society

Consciousness Admin — Mon, 29 Dec 2014 21:15:50 +0000

Source: http://atlantablackstar.com Jamaica’s First Enslaved People Once Jamaica was “discovered” by Spain in 1494, the Arawaks, who had inhabited the island for centuries, were quickly subjected to brutality and slavery, becoming the first enslaved people on the island. Kidnapped Africans Arrive The first enslaved Africans brought to Jamaica came in 1534 when Pedro Mazuelo, one [...]

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6 Common Misconceptions About the Enslavement of African People

Consciousness Admin — Mon, 29 Dec 2014 20:26:42 +0000

Source: http://atlantablackstar.com The Beginning of the Slave Trade While slavery as a practice existed in various degrees throughout time, the brutal and inhumane practice of the slave trade began not with Portugal, but according to many well-respected scholars, with Arabs. As Elikia M’bokolo, the renowned historian from the Democratic Republic of Congo, wrote in Le Monde diplomatique: “The [...]

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5 Unbelievable and Ingenious Ways Enslave Blacks Escaped Slavery

Consciousness Admin — Mon, 29 Dec 2014 19:24:50 +0000

Source: http://atlantablackstar.com Henry “Box” Brown Mails Himself Out of Slavery In 1849 an enslaved man in Virginia by the name of Henry Brown managed to escape slavery by mailing himself to freedom. Brown crammed himself in a small crate that was only 3 feet long and 2 feet wide. Standing at 5’8, getting into the [...]

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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 Facts Proving Slavery Was Responsible for American and European Economic Success

Consciousness Admin — Mon, 29 Dec 2014 18:59:11 +0000

Source: http://atlantablackstar.com Without the significant labor to cultivate the land Europeans claimed to have “discovered,” it would have been for naught. The notion of Europeans or Native Americans working the land was not seriously considered. It was the enslaved Africans who were put to work to grow the abundant land into livable housing, farms and [...]

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8 European Nations That Hold ‘World Records’ for the Mistreatment of Black People

Consciousness Admin — Mon, 29 Dec 2014 18:44:56 +0000

Source: http://atlantablackstar.com Most Kidnappings of Africans From the 15th to 19th century, the Portuguese exported 4.7 million enslaved Africans to the Americas, making it Europe’s largest trafficker of human beings. First Death Camps Between 1904 and 1908, before German death camps were used to kill Jews in Nazi Germany, as many as 65,000 Herero (80 percent of [...]

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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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