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The Red and the Black: African Americans and Cherokees in Antebellum America

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By Kenneth J. Cooper
Most people are astonished when I tell them the Cherokees owned slaves. Schools don’t teach about the slaveholding of the Cherokee and four other tribes who, most ironically, became known as the “Five Civilized Tribes.”



The Bermuda Heritage Trail

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By Eisa Nefertari Ulen
I am walking the Bermuda’s African Diaspora Heritage Trail, and I am learning about Bermudians and other African Americans who, like me, are connected to this place.



Teachable Moment: Neo-Slavery

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By Eric V. Copage
On June 18, the United States Senate unanimously passed a resolution apologizing for slavery, the land of the free’s erstwhile “peculiar institution,” and the worst of its aftermath.

Was the apology America’s “Come to Jesus” moment regarding black people?