"Using History to Make Slavery History": The African American Past and the Challenge of Contemporary Slavery

This article argues that contemporary antislavery activism in the United States is programmatically undermined and ethically compromised unless it is firmly grounded in a deep understanding of the African American past. Far too frequently those who claim to be “the new abolitionists” evince no inter...

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Main Author: Stewart, James Brewer 1940- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Cogitatio Press 2015
In: Social Inclusion
Year: 2015, Volume: 3, Issue: 1, Pages: 125-135
Further subjects:B slaving
B convict lease system
B debt peonage
B prison industrial complex
B white racism
B Historical Perspective
B legacies of chattel slavery
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