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TIL the Amistad case, wherein the Supreme Court granted the return of slaves to Africa, is credited with being the first civil rights case in the U.S. John Quincy Adams, who argued the case, was 72 yrs old, almost blind, a Congressman, and had not argued a case as a lawyer in more than 30 years.

by whatilearned September 6, 2022, 11:17 pm

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I like my coffee like Slaves

by cringeyjokesman August 24, 2022, 1:06 pm

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TIL: Spartans magistrates would declare war on their slaves every year so they were free to harm or kill them

by whatilearned August 23, 2022, 12:18 pm

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TIL Liberia (West Africa) was founded in 1822 with the aim of establishing a self-sufficient colony for emancipated American slaves. It is Africa’s first and oldest modern republic. Its capital city Monrovia was named after US Pres James Monroe, a prominent supporter of the founding of Liberia.

by whatilearned July 7, 2022, 2:05 pm

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I like my coffee like I like my slaves

by cringeyjokesman July 3, 2022, 9:06 pm

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TIL while the UK’s blockade of Africa was largely successful in stopping the Atlantic Slave Trade, the United States was a long-term hold-out and refused permission for the British to search their ships for slaves. Because of this, many slavers flew fake American flags to continue the trade.

by whatilearned June 24, 2022, 2:46 pm

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TIL of the Zong Massacre, in which the crew of the British slave ship Zong threw 130 African slaves overboard, then tried to claim insurance on them

by whatilearned April 11, 2022, 11:30 pm

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TIL – The same Duke of York, who lent his name to New York, also had the slaves of his Royal African Company branded with his title initials ‘DY’.

by whatilearned March 27, 2022, 9:35 pm

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I like my coffee like my slaves….

by cringeyjokesman March 7, 2022, 12:47 pm

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Add sex slaves to minecraft

by CopyPastaArchive March 2, 2022, 11:10 am

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TIL of James Osgood Andrew, a slave-owning bishop in the Methodist Episcopal Church, who argued that slavery fit with Christian tradition. His church asked him to free his slaves, but he refused and his church split, creating the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, a church that defended slavery.

by whatilearned February 28, 2022, 6:24 pm

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Can you copyright your creation’s genes to use them as slaves?

by CopyPastaArchive February 24, 2022, 5:13 pm

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