Slavery – Brewminate: A Bold Blend of News and Ideas https://brewminate.com Mon, 22 Sep 2025 23:23:48 +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 Marc Ferrez: ‘Slaves at a Coffee Yard in a Farm’, Sao Paulo, 1882 https://brewminate.com/marc-ferrez-slaves-at-a-coffee-yard-in-a-farm-sao-paulo-1882/ Thu, 20 Oct 2022 16:23:10 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=167825 Ferrez’s photography concealed slavery’s violence through visual strategies that help maintain racist social hierarchies. Introduction Did you know

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]]> Ancient Christian Thinkers and Their Case for Slavery Reparations https://brewminate.com/ancient-christian-thinkers-and-their-case-for-slavery-reparations/ Wed, 02 Feb 2022 18:06:35 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=153452 The biblical story of the Israelites’ exodus from Egypt is also a historical tale of reparations after enslavement.

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]]> The Brutal Trade of Enslaved People during the 19th Century in the U.S. https://brewminate.com/the-brutal-trade-of-enslaved-people-during-the-19th-century-in-the-u-s/ Wed, 02 Feb 2022 18:05:48 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=167621 By the time slavery ended, over 1 million enslaved people had been forcibly moved in the domestic slave

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]]> David Kellogg Cartter: On the Right Side of History with Abraham Lincoln https://brewminate.com/david-kellogg-cartter-on-the-right-side-of-history-with-abraham-lincoln/ Tue, 04 Jan 2022 18:02:16 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=167736 Cartter played a minor-yet-not-insignificant role at two fateful moments in the life of Abraham Lincoln. By Ann Banks

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]]> A History of Slavery from Ancient to Modern Times https://brewminate.com/a-history-of-slavery-from-ancient-to-modern-times/ Wed, 03 Nov 2021 17:02:40 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=163764 In 2019 there were an estimated 40 million people worldwide subject to some form of slavery, 25% of

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]]> The Slave Markets of the Medieval Viking World https://brewminate.com/the-slave-markets-of-the-medieval-viking-world/ Wed, 03 Nov 2021 17:02:04 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=163815 The taking and sale of captives was a fundamental aspect of Viking activity both within and outside of

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]]> Pitt on a Pedestal: Sculpture and Slavery in the Late Eighteenth Century https://brewminate.com/pitt-on-a-pedestal-sculpture-and-slavery-in-the-late-eighteenth-century/ Wed, 03 Nov 2021 17:01:25 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=142016 The figure of Pitt exposed the implicated nature of neoclassical sculpture and transatlantic slavery. Abstract On July 5,

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]]> Remarkable Radical: Thaddeus Stevens, Fearsome Reformer in 1835 https://brewminate.com/remarkable-radical-thaddeus-stevens-fearsome-reformer-in-1835/ Tue, 12 Oct 2021 17:01:47 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=162675 Thaddeus Stevens was as an ardent abolitionist who championed civil rights for decades. In 1813, a young Thaddeus

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]]> The Agitator: William Lloyd Garrison and the Abolitionists in 1854 https://brewminate.com/the-agitator-william-lloyd-garrison-and-the-abolitionists-in-1854/ Tue, 12 Oct 2021 17:01:11 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=162691 Garrison considered himself a pacifist, a believer in the power of truth to undo the wickedness of slavery.

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]]> Slavery in Colonial America https://brewminate.com/slavery-in-colonial-america/ Mon, 27 Sep 2021 17:10:45 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=153012 As the English colonized North America between 1607-1733, slavery became institutionalized and race-based. Introduction Slavery in Colonial America,

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