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At the center of Florida's slave trade was the colorful trader and slavery defender, Quaker Zephaniah Kingsley, owner of slaving vessels (boats). He treated his enslaved well, allowed them to save for and buy their freedom (at a 50% discount), and taught them crafts like carpentry, for which reason his highly-trained, well-behaved slaves sold ...
The Florida Board of Education passed new standards for teaching Black history in public schools Teachers enraged that Florida’s new Black history standards say slaves could ‘benefit’ Skip ...
Historic sources show several of the 16 individuals cited by the Florida Department of Education were never even slaves. Critics cite historical inaccuracies in Florida’s defense of slave ‘job ...
GOP Sen. Tim Scott told reporters Thursday that, despite new language in Florida public schools, "there is no silver lining" in slavery.
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The passing of this resolution was in anticipation of the 400th anniversary commemoration of the founding of Jamestown, Virginia (the first permanent English settlement in North America), which was an early colonial slave port. Apologies have also been issued by Alabama, California, [2] Florida, Maryland, New Jersey, and North Carolina. [3]
Rep. Ayanna Pressley will reintroduce H.R. 40, federal legislation to study reparations for slavery, on Wednesday as the Trump administration leads a wide-scale rollback of diversity, equity and ...
Cornish was born into slavery in Maryland in 1793. [1] In 1839, his enslaver hired him out to a railroad-building project in Port Leon, Florida.The position allowed Cornish to earn money for himself, and after nine years of work at $600 a year, he was able to purchase his freedom and that of his wife Lillah. [1]