In 1841, 33-year-old Solomon Northup was a free black man living comfortably in Saratoga, NY with his wife, Anne, and three children – Margaret, Elizabeth…
Last week, Dr. Ben Carson said Obamacare is the “worst thing” since “slavery”. Well, Tom and the crew think slaves would disagree!
In the mid 18th century, there lived a slave on a Waterbury, Connecticut plantation named Fortune. He was owned by a famous bone surgeon named…
Fearn Plantation in Danville, Virginia was the last capital of the Confederacy. Thomas Fearn purchased the land in 1783 from William Wynn, both of whom…
Three Ashland residents have been arrested, accused of holding a mentally disabled women and her child against their will for more than two years. Federal prosecutors say the suspects have been charged with forced labor for making the woman cook and clean for them. Prosecutors say the woman was threatened and beaten, and her and […]
Edisto Island in South Carolina is home to two of the nation’s oldest slave cabins. Cabins found on the island date back to the 1850’s.…
Pop star Nicole Scherzinger, actress Jada Pinkett-Smith, and daughter Willow smith attended The Coalition To Abolish Slavery And Trafficking (CAST) 15th Annual From Slavery To Freedom Event at Sofitel Hotel in Los Angeles yesterday (May 9). The big name celebrities strolled the red carpet as they showed support for the non-profit organization, which assist persons […]
A Pakistani designer is finding herself in as much immediate trouble as that of someone who knocks down a hornets nest with a big stick…but doesn’t even attempt to run away. And the reason why is beyond absurd. According to The Huffington Post, Aamna Aqeel, thought it would be a good idea to do an editorial photo shoot […]
There were several games that black children of the plantation played even in the midst of oppression. The children had to play with things found…
Al Sharpton railed against gun advocate Larry Ward on his Monday MSNBC show for what he called “changing facts” about slavery and “distorting” the legacy…
A sweeping, high-profile, and ambitious musical film, ‘The Underground Railroad’ blends two powerful, redemptive stories into the background of Gospel/blues songs. The first story tells about a slave, Samuel Woodward, who escapes with his family to Canada. On their heels, is an obsessed slave hunter, JD Plimpton, who has never lost a slave. Along the […]
jubilee (Biblical) – 1. in Hebrew Scriptures, a year of rest to be observed by the Israelites every 50th year during which slaves were to be set free. 2. celebrations held by African-American slaves, usually at Christmas and Easter, which included respite from labor, feasting, music and dancing.
