Emancipating slaves then and now
This year marks the 150th anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation. It’s a needed chance for Americans to talk about slavery that has helped us reexamine our history. For example, recent...
View ArticleThe Age of Oil: Every man a master, every man a slave
The Energy of Slaves: Oil and the New Servitude by Andrew Nikiforuk, Greystone Books, 282pp, hardcover, $29.95. “If we do commit a sin owning slaves,” said one Alabama slaveholder in 1835, “it is...
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