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Others treated their multiracial children as property; Alexander Scott Withers, for instance, sold two of his children to slave traders, where they were sold again. Alex Haley's Queen: The Story of an American Family (1993) is a historical novel, later a movie, that brought knowledge of the "children of the plantation" to public attention.
Cyane seized four American slave ships in her first year on station. Trenchard developed a good level of co-operation with the Royal Navy. Four additional U.S. warships were sent to the African coast in 1820 and 1821. A total of 11 American slave ships were taken by the U.S. Navy over this period. Then American enforcement activity reduced.
The "branded slave" photograph of Chinn with "VBM" (the initials of his owner, Volsey B. Marmillion) branded on his forehead, wearing a punishment collar, and posing with other equipment used to punish slaves became one of the most widely circulated photos of the abolitionist movement during the American Civil War and remains one of the most ...
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A woodcut (based on a photograph) that was published in Harper's Weekly on 30 January 1864 with the caption, "Emancipated Slaves, White and Colored.". White slave propaganda was a kind of publicity, especially photograph and woodcuts, and also novels, articles, and popular lectures, about slaves who were biracial or white in appearance. [1]
As America celebrates Juneteeth, the story of Saturday's holiday emerges as one to brush up on. 25 books for kids and adults to celebrate Juneteenth and reflect on history of slavery Skip to main ...
The following is a list of notable structures in the United States that were built, at least in part, by enslaved people: . Blue Ridge Railroad (1849–1870) – A railroad project in the southern United States
Since slavery among the Maya and indigenous people of North America could be inherited, the children of the Indians could be born slaves. [3] [4] Harriet Beecher Stowe wrote about a woman a slave owner bought to breed children to sell. [5] The expectations of children who were either bought or born into slavery varied.