Zadie Smith
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Read More Zadie SmithNovember 3, 2020
How Many U.S. Presidents Owned Enslaved People?
EVAN ANDREWS @ history.com [A]t least 12 chief executives—over a quarter of all American presidents—enslaved people during their lifetimes. Of these, eight held enslaved people while in office. George Washington Thomas Jefferson James Madison James Monroe Andrew Jackson Martin VanBuren William Henry Harrison John Tyler James K. Polk Zachary Taylor Andrew Johnson Ulysses S Grant
Read More How Many U.S. Presidents Owned Enslaved People?Alexander Hamilton’s Complicated Relationship to Slavery
CHRISTOPHER KLEIN In his ambition to rise above his humble beginnings, Hamilton appeared to have frequently swallowed his anti-slavery sentiments as he pushed for acceptance into America’s colonial elite—most of whom enslaved people. In 1780, he married into the wealthy, slaveholding Schuyler family. As a New York delegate to the 1787 Constitutional Convention, Hamilton saw the…
Read More Alexander Hamilton’s Complicated Relationship to SlaveryA Visitor’s Guide to Dante’s Nine Circles of Hell
By MATT STAGGS First Circle: Limbo It’s the retirement community of the afterlife. Second Circle: Lust The final destination of the lustful and adulterous; you can expect this place to be full of reality television stars. Ninth Circle: Treachery The final circle is a frozen wasteland occupied by history’s greatest traitors. So where would our current political leaders end…
Read More A Visitor’s Guide to Dante’s Nine Circles of HellWhy Are Some Young Black Men Supporting Trump?
According to the BBC, “Mr Trump won just 8% of the African American vote in the 2016 presidential election and critics accuse him of stoking racial tensions.” “Many Black Americans who are first-timers or relatively new to voting told us in focus group settings that they don’t see the point of choosing between the lesser of…
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