CHAINS (Just in time for Independence Day!)  share 1 hour ago by Joyce Moyer Hostetter I wasn't intentional about reading CHAINS during the week of July 4th. I read it because it was right there within easy reach at the local library. Because it is historical fiction. And because I know how Laurie Halse Anderson writes! Indeed. What an astute move on Laurie's part to tell a slavery st ... Joyce Moyer Hostetter - moyer-girl.livejournal.com ·  10 references |
| Not For Sale Week 4 share 6 hours ago by seonghuhn Mark Wexler led the Week 4 Bible Study, the final one. He is the Director of Education & Co-founder of Not For Sale. Mark Wexler’s presentation was titled on Mapping Modern-Day Slavery, Mapping High Probability Locations. Two hundred years ago when slavery was outlawed slavery did not disappear, it ... fkimplicity - kimplicity.com/fkim/blog |
| bound in new shackles share 7 hours ago by Cindy Hanson Image via Wikipedia something within me is ready to move there is a calmness stillness before a storm * I breathe in deep the cool morning air thinking discerning what it is that’s there * hard to describe, really, perhaps like the moment before a race where I spend all day with butterflies in my st ... Cindyhan111's Blog - cindyhan111.wordpress.com · Rank: 136,934 · 4 references |
| 6901: How Slaves “Celebrated” Independence Day. share 7 hours ago by HighJive From The Chicago Sun-Times… Slaves denied even the chance to celebrate Fourth of July By Anne Pastore In America today, both black and white citizens gather to celebrate the Fourth of July, but that has not always been the case. Blacks in the antebellum North were sometimes pressured to stay away fr ... MultiCultClassics - multicultclassics.blogspot.com · Rank: 22,732 · 83 references |
| “The War Between the States”: Homeschool Style share 7 hours ago by Kevin Levin It’s true that you can’t always judge a book by its cover, but you can judge it by the number of black Confederates that are claimed to have loyally served. As a teacher I think it is important to stay up to date on new textbooks and other classroom resources, so with that in mind I decided to conta ... Civil War Memory - cwmemory.com · Rank: 32,641 · 40 references |
| What to the Slave is the Fourth of July? share 8 hours ago by James On the occasion of July 4th, I write to commend to the readers of this blog the landmark 1852 speech by Frederick Douglass entitled, “ The Meaning of July Fourth for the Negro” (or “What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?”). Read casually, this oft-cited speech can easily be misinterpreted in the s ... The Living Consequences - living.jdewperry.com · Rank: 183,869 · 6 references |
| frederick douglass on this day share 10 hours ago by tiffdjones On July 5th, 1852 Frederick Douglass was asked to give an Independence Day speech before the Rochester Ladies Anti-Slavery society in Rochester, NY at Cortinthian Hall. Historian Philip S. Foner has called this excerpt “probably the most moving passage in all of Douglass’ speeches.” You can find the ... mulatto diaries - mulattodiaries.wordpress.com · Rank: 44,360 · 7 references |
