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It is important to recognize that until the eve of the "Civil War," slaves were viewed as chattel (property) and thus legally held in the states where slavery existed including some Northern states. That being the case, the Lincoln administration recognized the federal government's constitutional an
You won't learn about Indigenous slaveholders from our textbooks.
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A major difference between slavery before Jan. 1, 1863, and slavery currently is that prior to Jan. 1, 1863, slavery had mostly an economic function. Today it is mostly political.
American Indians owned slaves, including African Americans, but you won't learn about Indigenous slavers in our schools or from our textbooks.
Black History Month is celebrated for the month of October, with this year the focus being on the invaluable role that Black women have played in shaping history and inspiring change