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Omaha Steve

(103,464 posts) Mon Apr 6, 2015, 02:27 PM Apr 2015

4-6-15 Often Southern states are the focus of histories of slavery in the US in 2:00

http://laborhistoryin2.podbean.com/e/april-6-1428336343/

Often Southern states are the focus of histories of slavery in the United States.

But did you know that in the early 1700s one in five residents of New York were enslaved Africans?

2:00 minute audio at link.

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4-6-15 Often Southern states are the focus of histories of slavery in the US in 2:00 (Original Post) Omaha Steve Apr 2015 OP

Yes, I did ... 1StrongBlackMan Apr 2015 #1

1StrongBlackMan

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1. Yes, I did ...

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Mon Apr 6, 2015, 02:40 PM

Apr 2015

and while Southern states are the focus of all things racist in the United States, it is/was the Northern states that practiced the more debilitating forms of racism, e.g., segregation, red-lining, capital withdrawal, etc.

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