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Argues that after being legally abolished for the third time, slavery is still thriving in Mauritania. Slavery no longer acknowledged in official literature; `Haratin,' meaning freed slave; Criticism of Mauritanian government for not trying to eradicate the practice; Islamic doctrine.
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Recounts claim by conservative columnist Thomas Sowell that black slavery is still practiced in Africa, but because the masters are Third World Muslims, politically correct activists and liberal-left reporters and academics refuse to admit its existence. Human rights violations; Black Africans...
- Mixed portrait of the Sudan as tolerant of slavery. Salaam, Yusef // New York Amsterdam News;4/29/95, Vol. 86 Issue 17, p2
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- Slavery in Sudan: Controversy vs controversy. Salaam, Yusef // New York Amsterdam News;6/3/95, Vol. 86 Issue 22, p2
Narrates the author's experiences concerning a forum discussing allegations of slavery in Sudan. Members of the forum; Political situation; Arab mentality among Northern Muslims.
- Abolitionist Conference: Passion but no substance. Salaam, Yusef // New York Amsterdam News;6/17/95, Vol. 86 Issue 24, p4
Opinions. Refutes the allegation by the speakers of the Abolitionist Conference about the existence of slavery in Sudan. Manipulation of African-American's memory of the pain of enslavement.
- Judith: The life of a slave. Hellier, C.; Miller, B. // Cobblestone;Feb1990, Vol. 11 Issue 2, p16
Recreates the life of Judith, a slave in 18th century Williamsburg, who served as a cook. Daily activities; Lifestyle of Judith and her family; The Bray School; Legal code designed to prevent slave uprisings; Separation of Judith and her children.
- Slave boy--skeleton head: A slave's tale. Ellis, R.; Zarins, J.A. // Cobblestone;Feb1990, Vol. 11 Issue 2, p19
Presents a creation of a slave's tale based on an actual event in 1729 when the Virginia governor offered to trade an elderly slave `his freedom in return for the secret of his medicine.' Symbol of the talking skeleton head; Moral of the story; Slave tradition of storytelling.
- From the editor. // Cobblestone;Feb1993, Vol. 14 Issue 2, p2
Discusses the antislavery movement, the theme for the February 1993 issue of `Cobblestone.' Slavery and racism in existence in the US for almost 400 years; Economic exploitation of freed slaves after 1865; Slow process of gaining true equality for blacks; More.
- The early voices. Zuber, Shari Lyn // Cobblestone;Feb1993, Vol. 14 Issue 2, p4
Discusses the early years of slavery in the American Colonies. When first Africans arrived in Jamestown; How increasing demand for permanent servants to work fields led to slavery; Why blacks became slaves; First outcry against slavery by whites; Leading Quakers in antislavery movement; Ban on...
