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    What Can Martha Teach Us About Today's Politicians?

    AUGUST 17, 2012 11:11AM

    By snarkychaser


    Topics: slavery, george washington, martha washington

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    • 13 Ratings
    • 2406 Views
    • 17 Comments
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    Did President Obama's "Free" Black Ancestors Own Slaves?

    AUGUST 1, 2012 2:59PM

    By Chauncey DeVega


    Topics: african americans, john punch, united states history, slavery, president barack obama, family history, genealogy, culture, race

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    • 12 Ratings
    • 4979 Views
    • 18 Comments
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    Let's Liberate the Slavery Artifacts for Sale on Ebay

    MAY 11, 2012 12:42PM

    By Chauncey DeVega


    Topics: race, civil rights, slavery, material culture, exploitation, african americans

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    • 38 Ratings
    • 6292 Views
    • 71 Comments
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    Hate speech at my US Post Office

    MARCH 2, 2012 1:08PM

    By David Satterlee


    Topics: values, us post office, threat, social anxieties, slavery, salami, review, republicans, public decency, psychology, post office, post, ocean, obama, neighbor, name, march, liberalism is a mental disorder, liberal ideas, iowa, interview notes, information board, hate speech, hate, faith, evangelical, democrats, dayton iowa, dayton, courage, convenience, conservative, civil rights, christian, chicken, bottom of the ocean

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    • 12 Ratings
    • 83389 Views
    • 27 Comments
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    Is NATO employing slave labor in Afghanistan?

    JANUARY 9, 2012 7:07AM

    By Judy Mandelbaum


    Topics: war, sweden, afghanistan, human tracking, slavery

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    • 29 Ratings
    • 4658 Views
    • 35 Comments
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    Slavery: Alive and Well in the US, Sponsored by ALEC

    DECEMBER 8, 2011 12:49PM

    By Amy McMullen


    Topics: alec, american legislative exchange council, prisons, slavery, war on drugs, politics

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    • 8 Ratings
    • 876 Views
    • 12 Comments
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    Will Virginia Stay in the Union?

    APRIL 12, 2011 9:58PM

    By Lainey


    Topics: anniversary of the civil war, civil war, slavery, critical thinking, racism, the south, education, expert

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    • 34 Ratings
    • 4702 Views
    • 45 Comments
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    Sweet Secrets, Ancestral Whispers

    APRIL 10, 2011 1:15PM

    By Keka


    Topics: early american history, british, muscogee, creek, native american history, black history, mississippi history, alabama history, south, confederate, civil war, slavery, african americans, african american history, ancestry, genealogy, virginia, virginia history

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    • 8 Ratings
    • 2668 Views
    • 15 Comments
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    Glenn Beck: If You Like it, It's Right Wing

    SEPTEMBER 14, 2010 4:21PM

    By American Heretic


    Topics: politics, belief/religion, glenn beck, restoring honor, rally, mlk, martin luther king, civil rights, obama, social justice, racist, racism, communist, communism, progressive, 8/28, lies, libertarian, conservative, right wing, jack o'dell, stanley levison, elizabeth dilling, slavery, nazism, anti-semitic, nazi, socialist, marxist, church, religion, the red network, conspiracy, infiltrators

    • Editor's Pick
    • 30 Ratings
    • 6096 Views
    • 55 Comments
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    Secessionist Fantasies in Bloom

    APRIL 15, 2010 8:30AM

    By Steve Klingaman


    Topics: belief/religion, politics, magical thinking, mayor keith summey, tea party, civil war, slavery, south carolina monument to the ordinance of secession, articles of confederation, texas v. white, governor rick perry, emily conley, resolution of secession, minnesota republican party, dallas morning news, minneapolis star tribune, lori sturdevant, party of lincoln flirts with a house-divided resolution, article iv, article vii, states rights, sovereignty of states, minnesota politicscelebration of the confederacy, virginia governor bob mcdonnell, secession, fred morrison professor of law, michael c. dorf

    • Editor's Pick
    • 6 Ratings
    • 850 Views
    • 8 Comments
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    Apology Issued for Slavery Omission in Civil War History

    APRIL 7, 2010 10:43PM

    By Kim Hartman


    Topics: news, television, travel, politics, open call, belief/religion, slaves, racism, hmmm, celebrateme, kim_hartman, history, civil war, virginia, slavery

    • Editor's Pick
    • 36 Ratings
    • 3357 Views
    • 45 Comments
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    Confessions of a Colored Negro Black African American...

    JANUARY 13, 2010 6:36PM

    By Jeanine T. Abraham


    Topics: open call, harriet tubman, joy, salvition, hope, slavery, history, african american, colored/negro, america, race

    • Editor's Pick
    • 36 Ratings
    • 4474 Views
    • 73 Comments
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    Racial Identity in America

    APRIL 30, 2009 1:56PM

    By Noahvose


    Topics: politics, race, racism, history, native americans, indians, blacks, african americans, wwii, identity, teaching, one drop policy, blood quantum, slavery, indian wars, segregation, inclusion, human rights, civil rights, reservations, civil war, education, culture

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    • 9 Ratings
    • 21336 Views
    • 10 Comments
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    Congress Formally Apologize for Slavery and Jim Crow

    JULY 31, 2008 2:41PM

    By Brandi Womack


    Topics: congress, jim crow, reparations, rep cohens, resolution, slavery, the house

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