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The Leiden gunpowder disaster was an event in which a ship carrying hundreds of barrels of black powder exploded in the town of Leiden in the Netherlands on 12 January 1807. The disaster killed 151 people and destroyed over 200 buildings in the town.
"Occasional Discourse on the Negro Question" is an essay by the Scottish essayist Thomas Carlyle. It was first published anonymously in Fraser's Magazine for Town and Country of London in December 1849, [ 1 ] and was revised and reprinted in 1853 as a pamphlet entitled " Occasional Discourse on the Nigger Question ". [ 2 ]
The second essay, "Are Jews Generic?", discusses middleman minorities. The third essay, "The Real History of Slavery," discusses the timeline of abolition of slavery and serfdom. The last three essays discuss the history of Germany, African-American education, and a criticism of multiculturalism.
In Medieval Italy, slavery was widespread, but was justified more often on religious rather than racial grounds. [31] Over the course of the Early Medieval period, however, Steven Epstein states that people "from regions like the Balkans, Sardinia, and across the Alps" were brought over to the peninsula by Italian merchants, who thus "replenished the stock of slaves". [31]
[5] However, Professor Steven Kale has cautioned that "Gobineau's influence on German racism has been repeatedly overstated". [4] Although cited by groups such as the Nazi Party, the text implicitly criticizes antisemitism and describes Jews in positive terms, the Jews being seen as a superbly forged race of "ancient Greek-like strength" of ...
Furio Moroni: Italy: Aspects of the Unbeautiful Life. In: Avi Beker: The Plunder of Jewish Property during the Holocaust. Palgrave, 2001, ISBN 0-333-76064-6. Michele Sarfatti: Characteristics and Objectives of the Anti-Jewish Racial Laws in Fascist Italy, 1938-1943. In: Joshua D. Zimmerman: Jews in Italy under Fascist and Nazi Rule, 1922–1945.
Joseph Arthur de Gobineau (French:; 14 July 1816 – 13 October 1882) was a French writer and diplomat who is best known for helping introduce scientific race theory and "racial demography", and for developing the theory of the Aryan master race and Nordicism.
The 1804 law required black and mulatto residents to have a certificate from the Clerk of the Court that they were free. Employers who violated were fined $10 to $50 split between informer and state. Under the 1807 law, black and mulatto residents required a $500 bond for good behavior and against becoming a township charge.