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… of the laws which forbid the education of slaves. Jay’s Inquiry-p. 136. “A law of South Carolina passed in 1800, … penalty for teaching slaves to read or write, is one year’s imprisonment. “These are specimens of the efforts made by … males and females, chained in couples, starting from Roly’s tavern on foot for Alexandria, where with others they are …

… Yale will host 500 scholars on campus as we hold the world’s premier Baltic Studies conference. The Baltic Studies Program is also seeing Yale’s influence expand in individuals’ lives as we bring students … has been profoundly rewarding.” https://macmillan.yale.edu/news/yale-expands-baltic-studies-program-plans-major… Sep 26, …

… David Cameron Comments on Denmark's Recent Refugee Legislation … David Cameron Comments on Denmark's Recent Refugee Legislation In the latest political backlash … party, which won 19 per cent of the vote in last June’s election and is supported in parliament by the larger far …

… the MacMillan Center hosted a celebration of Joseph C. Fox’s life with a tree planting on its grounds in honor of his … staff at the MacMillan Center. Around the mid-1980s, Joe’s lifelong fascination with the international community, … combined with the political realities of the Cold War’s impending end, led him to recognize the importance of …

… people are familiar with American Commodore Matthew Perry’s expedition to open trade relations  with Japan in the early … In A World of Empires , Edyta Bojanowska uses Goncharov’s fascinating travelogue as a window onto global imperial … century, with its lucrative sugar plantations and enslaved African labor, spawned the slave societies of …

… in western China [All links are to external sites] News articles Buzzfeed special report (27 august, 2020): Part … home ) “ Uyghurs for Sale ”. “ Documenting Xinjiang’s Detention System .” Global Centre for the Responsibility to … Assault on the Uyghurs ” (November 2021) Uyghur Human Rights Project: ( reports home ) “ The Happiest Muslims in …

… flag. Frederick Douglass had come to address Connecticut’s first Black regiment in the Civil War. As  Juneteenth … circa 1856 This context formed the backdrop for Douglass’s address to the assembled soldiers. “There is a difference … after Union troops entered Galveston, Texas and informed enslaved people there that they had been emancipated. But …

… into a Little Africa. João Reis: “The Biography of An Enslaved African who Became An African Enslaver in … African from Hausaland, landed in Bahia in c. 1806 as an enslaved person, became a successful merchant, and died a … by the power of those who were in charge. However, the enslaved workers, using their familiarity with the plantation …