Category Archives: Slavery

Black History | Black Codes and Pig Laws

Posted on February 9, 2015 by SouthernGirl2

Black Codes: A body of laws, statutes, and rules enacted by southern states immediately after the Civil War to regain control over the freed slaves, maintain white supremacy, and ensure the continued supply of cheap labor. Immediately after the Civil … Continue reading →

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Black History | Slave Life Pictures

Posted on February 1, 2015 by SouthernGirl2

Built in the 1830s, Oak Alley Plantation in Vacherie, Louisiana was home to over one hundred house and field slaves (photographed 2001). Photo Credit: Philip Gould/CORBIS

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“Just Mercy”: Bryan Stevenson on Ferguson, Prison Reform & Why the Opposite of Poverty is Justice

Posted on November 22, 2014 by rikyrah

Hat tip: Democracy Now LIZA: “This is an excellent interview with Bryan Stevenson. Amy Goodman deserves much credit. She is the only TV reporter with anything close to a national audience who consistently reports truthfully on Ferguson and many other … Continue reading →

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3 Chics Politico’s Black History Summer Movies Series

Posted on July 3, 2014 by rikyrah

3 Chics is posting a weekly Summer Black History movies thread. This week’s movie is about Ms. Harriet Tubman. “A Woman Called Moses” (Parts 1 and 2)

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Juneteenth Facts

Posted on June 19, 2014 by SouthernGirl2

Hat tip: Madameniore.com Juneteenth is one of the most important days in African American history but we bet there’s still a lot you don’t know about this historic occasion.

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Black History | Stagecoach Mary Fields|1st Black Female Mail Carrier

Posted on February 27, 2014 by SouthernGirl2

Mary Fields also known as Stagecoach Mary (c. 1832 – 1914), was the first African-American woman employed as a mail carrier in the United States, and just the second American woman to work for the United States Postal Service. Fields … Continue reading →

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U.S. Government Approval | 10 Outrageous Reasons Black People Were Lynched in America

Posted on February 23, 2014 by SouthernGirl2

Hat tip Atlanta BlackStar For years the U.S. government allowed racist white lynch mobs to murder Black men, women and children for practically nothing. The lynchings were so absurd one could argue that Black people’s lives were little to no … Continue reading →

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Black History | Nat Turner

Posted on February 21, 2014 by SouthernGirl2

Born on October 2, 1800, in Southampton County, Virginia, Nat Turner was only a young boy when people heard him describing events that had occurred before he was born. An intelligent child, he was soon labeled as a prophet and … Continue reading →

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The Destruction of the Black Family -Part 9: 2 stories

Posted on February 6, 2014 by SouthernGirl2

Hat tip R-Evolution One time dey sent me on Ol’ man Mack Williams’ farm here in Jasper County-Georgia. Dat man would kill you sho. If dat little branch on his plantation could talk it would tell many a tale ’bout … Continue reading →

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The Destruction of the Black Family- 8: A history-part 2

Posted on February 5, 2014 by SouthernGirl2

Hat tip R-Evolution The Revolutionary period saw another metamorphosis of the black family as the Northern states abolished slavery, the South opened up to interstate slave trade, and planters moved West. While the newly free blacks of the North started … Continue reading →

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