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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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The Destruction of the Black Family- Part 7: A history

Posted on February 4, 2014 by SouthernGirl2

Hat tip R-Evolution When Africans were taken from their homes and forced into slavery, they were separated from mothers, fathers, sisters and brothers and were torn from extensive kinship networks. Enslaved in the British colonies of North America or the … Continue reading →

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The Destruction of the Black Family -Part 6

Posted on February 3, 2014 by SouthernGirl2

Hat tip R-Evolution For many enslaved African Americans, one of the cruelest hardships they endured was sexual abuse by the slave- holders, overseers, and other white men and women whose power to dominate them was complete. Enslaved women were forced … Continue reading →

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The Destruction of the Black Family -Part 5: How we got over…

Posted on February 2, 2014 by SouthernGirl2

Hat tip R-Evolution The Revolutionary period saw a 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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The Destruction of the Black Family- Part 4

Posted on February 1, 2014 by SouthernGirl2

Hat tip R-Evolution By the 19th century, popular Southern literature characterized female slaves as lustful and promiscuous “Jezebels” who shamelessly tempted white owners into sexual relations. This stereotype of the promiscuous slave was partially motivated by the need to rationalize … Continue reading →

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The Destruction of the Black Family -Part 3: Colorism

Posted on January 31, 2014 by SouthernGirl2

Hat tip R-Evolution The children of white fathers and slave mothers were mixed-race slaves, whose appearance was generally classified as mulatto (this term originally meant a person with white and black… parents, but then encompassed any mixed-race person). By the … Continue reading →

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The Destruction of the Black Family- Part 2

Posted on January 30, 2014 by SouthernGirl2

Hat tip R-Evolution . . . But I now entered on my fifteenth year — a sad epoch in the life of a slave girl. My master began to whisper foul words in my ear. Young as I was, I … Continue reading →

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The Destruction of the Black Family- Part 1

Posted on January 29, 2014 by SouthernGirl2

Hat tip  R-Evolution I ’member he had a real pretty gal on his place. . . One of the overseers was crazy about her, but her mother had told her not to let any of ’em go with her. So … Continue reading →

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Videos|12 Years a SLAVE: Why You Should See This Movie

Posted on December 21, 2013 by rikyrah

Azi and Amani’s brilliant commentary makes a moving and intelligent case for why we all need to see the movie “12 YEARS A SLAVE.” Azie & Amani: New movie ’12 Years A Slave’ (Part 1 & 2)

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