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I spoke about the rise of the cotton economy in this short video for @Tolerance_org #HardHistory
By the way, Slave Country all about this. hup.harvard.edu/catalog.php?is… Image
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You all are bringing the gifs this morning. Brightening a rainy day.
I was just taking attendance.
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Rediker makes a point that other historians of the Atlantic slave trade confirm: many African captives feared that the European slavers were cannibals who were going to eat them.
This passage from Rediker's The Slave Ship, about captive African women singing their histories, is powerful. #slaveryarchive #GUhist286 Image
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#GUhist286 9. Day 1. What is slavery? Here is sociologist Orlando Patterson's definition: "Slavery is the permanent, violent domination of natally alienated and generally dishonored persons.” (Slavery and Social Death, p. 13. Image
#GUhist286 10. Day 1. Another definition of slavery: In January 1865, Rev. Garrison Frazier, a freedman, told U.S. leaders Stanton and Sherman that "Slavery is, receiving by irresistible power the work of another man, and not by his consent.” freedmen.umd.edu/savmtg.htm
#Guhist286 11. Day 2. Before 1619. How did the ancient practice of slavery start to take its distinctive Atlantic and American form? A big question (and debate) is about the relationship between slavery and racism. Read the intro & chap. 1 of Berlin's Generations of Captivity.
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I'm teaching the history of slavery in North America this semester. Anybody want to follow along here on Twitter if I post sources, readings, etc?
Well, you've convinced me. Thanks for the enthusiastic response, folks. I'm amazed. Here goes #GUhist286. This course is designed for my @Georgetown undergrads. I'll post relevant materials on this thread over the next few months and try to keep up as best I can.
#GUhist286 1. Let's start with a song.

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