Word: slaving
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...hill above the Ohio River, the Rankin house--where a defiant lantern hung each night as a beacon--became a fabled destination that fleeing slaves struggled and sometimes died trying to reach. One of them was a woman who dared to cross the melting ice of the Ohio with her 2-year-old after learning that her master planned to sell the child. Rankin's sons helped her along to the next safe town, whence she eventually made her way to Ontario. Though her name remains unknown, the woman's story, by way of Rankin, reached the ears of Harriet...
Especially interesting is Kennedy’s discussion of the influence different perceptions of interracial relationships have had on political history. Thomas Jefferson’s enemies called the president’s character into question with rumors that Jefferson sired several children with his slave Sally Hemings, while Abraham Lincoln’s opponents coined the term “miscegenation” during the 1864 campaign, seeking to turn public opinion against Lincoln by suggesting that the Republican party condoned interracial marriage...
Modern slavery afflicts people of all races, on every populated continent. For now, let’s consider the case of Africa. In the Sudan, Arab troops from the North (which is controlled by a Taliban-like Islamic government) carry out slave raids in the ethnically black South, destroying villages, killing thousands of men, and kidnapping their women and children. Victims are forced to march north for days with little food. Any resistance is met with brutal physical punishment or death. Once the newly-enslaved blacks arrive in the North, they are forced to convert to Islam...
...situation in the Sudan is not unique. For instance, in another African country, Mauritania, blacks are born into slave-holding Arab families and treated as non-human property to be bought, sold, traded or inherited...
...referenced the comments of legendary musician and activist Harry Belafonte, who, in a recent public appearance, equated Powell’s political position with that of a slave in the house of his master...