Slavery – Brewminate: A Bold Blend of News and Ideas https://brewminate.com Tue, 30 Dec 2025 02:33:39 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9 https://brewminate.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/cropped-BrewBLogo01-32x32.jpg Slavery – Brewminate: A Bold Blend of News and Ideas https://brewminate.com 32 32 Traditional African Religions, Christianity, and the Syncretic Struggle for Spiritual Survival https://brewminate.com/traditional-african-religions-christianity-and-the-syncretic-struggle-for-spiritual-survival/ Fri, 12 Dec 2025 15:07:09 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=266994 The encounter between African religions and Christianity in the Americas produced spiritual systems that were neither simple adaptations

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]]> ‘Blackbirders’ and Pacific Island Slavery in the 19th and Early 20th Centuries https://brewminate.com/blackbirders-and-pacific-island-slavery-in-the-19th-and-early-20th-centuries/ Wed, 03 Dec 2025 18:02:12 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=247219 Victims of “blackbirding” endured horrific working conditions. By Dr. Shoshi ParksAnthropologist and Writer No Pacific Islander was safe from the

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]]> Faces of Freedom: Rare Portraits of the Amistad Revolt https://brewminate.com/faces-of-freedom-rare-portraits-of-the-amistad-revolt/ Sun, 28 Sep 2025 13:53:54 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=250596 An artist drew the rebels as they stood trial, leaving behind an invaluable record. By Dr. Kate McMahonHistorian

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]]> Hacienda La Fortuna: A Sugar Plantation in Puerto Rico in the 19th Century https://brewminate.com/hacienda-la-fortuna-a-sugar-plantation-in-puerto-rico-in-the-19th-century/ Mon, 08 Sep 2025 23:14:22 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=200442 Sugar plantations are a phenomenon tied to European colonization of the Americas. Introduction A sugar plantation dominates and

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]]> Chains of Scripture: Evangelical Religion and Slavery from the 16th to 19th Centuries https://brewminate.com/chains-of-scripture-evangelical-religion-and-slavery-from-the-16th-to-19th-centuries/ Fri, 05 Sep 2025 14:42:13 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=262239 The evangelical emphasis on biblical authority and personal conversion created a volatile mixture. It could be invoked to

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]]> Brothels and ‘Stewes’: The Late Medieval Sex Trade in Europe https://brewminate.com/brothels-and-stewes-the-late-medieval-sex-trade-in-europe/ Mon, 28 Jul 2025 14:28:16 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=219065 The study of late medieval sex trafficking makes clear that poverty and limited economic opportunities for women led

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]]> Indentured Servitude, Slavery, and the History of the Oldest U.S. Corporation since 1613 https://brewminate.com/indentured-servitude-slavery-and-the-history-of-the-oldest-u-s-corporation-since-1613/ Tue, 17 Jun 2025 14:32:10 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=256156 One legacy of perseverance and productivity, and another of profound injustice. By Matthew A. McIntoshPublic HistorianBrewminate Introduction Shirley

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]]> Contradicting Times: What the Founders Really Thought about Slavery https://brewminate.com/contradicting-times-what-the-founders-really-thought-about-slavery/ Fri, 28 Mar 2025 14:45:19 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=242527 They wanted slavery abolished while simultaneously defending it. By Dr. Timothy Messer-KruseAmerican Historian It’s been five years since

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]]> Unearthing the Origins of Plantation Slavery on the African Island of São Tomé https://brewminate.com/unearthing-the-origins-of-plantation-slavery-on-the-african-island-of-sao-tome/ Wed, 19 Mar 2025 15:16:45 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=230387 The African island nation played a central—but little-known—role in the rise of the global sugar trade. By Dr.

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]]> Republicans Are Trying to Whitewash the History of Slavery in the United States https://brewminate.com/republicans-are-trying-to-whitewash-the-history-of-slavery-in-the-united-states/ Wed, 19 Mar 2025 15:13:59 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=251540 The GOP is seeking to downplay the role that slavery played in the development of the U.S. By

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