The Response to the Capitol Riot Is Whitewashing the History of Black Insurrection
The Response to the Capitol Riot Is Whitewashing the History of Black Insurrection A turn toward nationalism following the MAGA storm on D.C. erases the Black radical tradition of rebellion—and endangers its future. Mark Makela/Getty Images In 1811, between 200 and 500 enslaved Black people armed themselves in a revolt that began on a sugar plantation a few miles outside of New Orleans. Charles Deslondes, a slave driver of Haitian descent, marshaled an insurrection against the slaver Manuel Andry, turning the tools of the plantation—the ax, the sugarcane knife—against his master. “A...
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