From Antislavery to Antiracist Journalism. The Emancipator is Back.
One of the most powerful enslavers in the United States penned a confidential letter on June 4, 1821, to the publisher of the National Intelligencer. Everyone who intimately knew American politics in 1821 knew all about the writer and recipient of the confidential letter. Joseph Gales Jr. has published his newspaper as a daily for…
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My Founding Father
I dream of my late father nightly. Memories preserved as if in amber. The way he would light up with joy and genuine amazement at sometimes the simplest moment, innovations, and revelations. The way our eyes would meet as if we both knew the thing we were witnessing was utterly ridiculous, and we’d chuckle together.…
New Study: 48 of 56 Declaration of Independence signers profited from slavery
A new study conducted by the Howard University Institute for Advanced Study found that 48 of the 56 signers of the Declaration of Independence, or nearly 86%, directly profited from slavery by enslaving Black people, trading enslaved people, buying and selling goods produced by enslaved people, or supplying food and other provisions to slavery camps…
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