5.9.2023 SHOW NOTES: A ‘Big Picture’ Look At The History Of Slavery In General

Here are the ‘Show Notes’ for today’s lesson:

THE REVISIONIST HISTORY

Fact Check: The First Slave Owner In America Was NOT A Black Man

The Misguided Focus on 1619 as the Beginning of Slavery in the U.S. Damages Our Understanding of American History

The year the first enslaved Africans were brought to Jamestown is drilled into students’ memories, but overemphasizing this date distorts history

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THE TRUTH

HISTORY: The First Legal Slave Owner in America Was a Black Man

The fascinating story of Anthony Johnson, the black man who was the first to own a slave in the U.S.

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THE FORGOTTEN WHITE SLAVES

America’s First Slaves: Whites

Indentured “White Slaves” in the Colonies (1770, by William Eddis)

When Europeans Were Slaves: Research Suggests White Slavery Was Much More Common Than Previously Believed

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THE FORGOTTEN CHINESE SLAVES

Truth: The Chinese were Slaves in the US for Centuries

‘Forgotten by society’ – how Chinese migrants built the transcontinental railroad

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MODERN SLAVERY

(According to the worst perpetrators)

What is Modern Slavery?

20 staggering facts about human trafficking in the US

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BOOKS

White Cargo: The Forgotten History of Britain’s White Slaves in America

They Were White and They Were Slaves: The Untold History of the Enslavement of Whites in Early America

The Irish Slaves: Slavery, indenture and Contract labor Among Irish Immigrants