November 2020 – Page 8 – Billie's Back Porch

November 3, 2020

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…

A 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…

Why 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…