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The First “African” Slaves Arrive in Jamestown, Virginia, Aug. 20, 1619
“A Dutch ship carrying 20 Africans arrived in Jamestown, Virginia, on Aug. 20, 1619, a voyage that would mark the beginning of slavery in the American colonies. The number of slaves continued to grow between the 17th and 18th centuries, as slave labor was used to help fuel the growing tobacco and cotton industries in… Continue reading
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Black History Fun Fact Friday – Free Frank
This is a man who was free in more ways than one. Welcome back to Black History Fun Fact Friday. Meet, Free Frank. The first African American to found his own town in the United States, Free Frank was born Frank McWorter on September 7, 1777 as a slave in South Carolina to a West… Continue reading
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Dumbing Down Our Kids
“We the people, of the American educational system, in order to possess docile minds, establish low self-esteem, proper enslaved attitudes, regurgitation of unnecessary facts and a lack of self-defense; promote poverty to those unable to service their own welfare and secure the system of stupidity among ourselves to proliferate your posterity, we will sing songs… Continue reading
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