AvatarmmumtazBefore Lincoln Issued the Emancipation Proclamation, This Russian Czar Freed 20 Million SerfsSmithsonian Magazine - Frederic J. FrommerRelations between the United States and Russia haven’t always been so frosty. A century and a half ago, in the 1860s, the countries’ …
AvatarmmumtazFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logoVatican: Moment is Ripe for Serious Consideration of the Harms of the Transatlantic Slave Tradeblackpressusa.com - BlackPressUSAMeeting with Global Reparations Leaders Outlined Next Steps for Repair and Healing NNPA Newswire Rome, Italy – A group of global reparations leaders …
AvatarmmumtazSlavery in Plantation Agricultureworldhistory.org - James HancockThe first plantations in the Americas of sugar cane, cocoa, tobacco, and cotton were maintained and harvested by African slaves controlled by …
AvatarmmumtazQueen Elizabeth I's favourite pirate was an English hero, but his career has a dark sideverified_publishernationalgeographic.co.uk - By Julius PurcellSir Francis Drake earned glory for England by plundering Spanish targets around the world. Now historians are exploring his part in the slave trade …
