Democracy Now: Descendent of largest slave owning family in the US tells all. AND ITS IN THE NORTH!

[☑︎#VoteDemocrat]

http://www.democracynow.org/2013/10/30/filmmaker_uncovers_her_familys_shocking_slave



THIS is what ya'll need to be up on.

Enough of that "only the south" was pro-slavery non-sense.

Here is another interview with the guy:

http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/CraigSt​

 

[QuintessentialBM]

It's rare to find white people that have slave owning descendants actually talking about it. Most of the time it's denial. Interesting look into some of the northern states' role in the slave trade. I never believed that the south was 100% responsible. This confirms it.

 

[Poitier]

America wasn't "The Cotton Economy" for no reason. Even those who didn't have slaves benefitted from the countries growth through enslaved labor.

 

[☑︎#VoteDemocrat]

It's rare to find white people that have slave owning descendants actually talking about it. Most of the time it's denial. Interesting look into some of the northern states' role in the slave trade. I never believed that the south was 100% responsible. This confirms it.

she talked about this.

She said she had to come to terms with the fact that her white guilt was clouding her judgment.

 

[☑︎#VoteDemocrat]

America wasn't "The Cotton Economy" for no reason. Even those who didn't have slaves benefitted from the countries growth through enslaved labor.

Yep. Slaves were LITERALLY commodities.

Thats why Lincoln freed the slaves. It was moreover an economic move...not necessarily a moral one.

This guy actually talks about that. Everyone from people who collected molasses to make rum, to people who crafted the iron for shackles to people who were apart of various aspects of the process.

It was HUGE business.

 

[☑︎#VoteDemocrat]

It's rare to find white people that have slave owning descendants actually talking about it. Most of the time it's denial. Interesting look into some of the northern states' role in the slave trade. I never believed that the south was 100% responsible. This confirms it.

Behind South Carolina, the largest slave importing state was RHODE ISLAND.

 

[Lana Kane]

I haven't listened to Democracy Now in a while I gotta play catch up.

 

[☑︎#VoteDemocrat]

I haven't listened to Democracy Now in a while I gotta play catch up.

Breh. Its never too late.

 

[MikeBrownsJob]

Breh. Its never too late.

Yeh I'm more of a slate/npr/this american life kind of guy but they may have to go on my podcast rotation

 

[QuintessentialBM]

Yep. Slaves were LITERALLY commodities.

Thats why Lincoln freed the slaves. It was moreover an economic move...not necessarily a moral one.

I hate the moral rhetoric BS they spewed in school. The Emancipation Proclamation's purpose was to destabilize the south's economy so they couldn't setup a new country within the US and to get blacks to fight for the Union. As soon as the south heard about the Proclamation, there was a collective look from the entire Confederacy. It didn't mean anything until the south was actually beaten and even then it had little importance because of........

Behind South Carolina, the largest slave importing state was RHODE ISLAND.

this post.. It pieces together the beginnings of the formation of the Dixie-crats.

 

[Poitier]

NPR fell off. So biased nowadays.

 

[MikeBrownsJob]

NPR fell off. So biased nowadays.

Pop Culture Happy Hour and Planet Money are crack.

Also not NPR related, Freakonomics is great as well.

 

[Lana Kane]

Pop Culture Happy Hour and Planet Money are crack.

Also not NPR related, Freakonomics is great as well.

Freakonomics is my shyt, I have both of the books.
I need to check out Pop Culture Happy Hour though.

 

[MikeBrownsJob]

Freakonomics is my shyt, I have both of the books.
I need to check out Pop Culture Happy Hour though.

Probably the fastest I ever read a pair of books ever. Literally took me 3-4 days to finish both books. I need to revisit them. Pop Culture Happy Hour really is goat social commentary. Have you checked out Code Switch?

 

[Lana Kane]

Probably the fastest I ever read a pair of books ever. Literally took me 3-4 days to finish both books. I need to revisit them. Pop Culture Happy Hour really is goat social commentary. Have you checked out Code Switch?

Nah but I do follow a guy that hosts it on twitter. Is it good? What's it about?