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At vero eos et accusamus et iusto odio dignissimos3 On the other hand, we denounce with righteous indignation and dislike men who are so beguiled and demoralized by the charms of pleasure of the moment ducimus qui blanditiis praesent ium voluptatum deleniti atque corrupti quos dolores et quas molestias
To be a man, and not to be a man—a father without authority—a husband and no protector—is the darkest of fates. Such was the condition of my father, and such is the condition of every slave4 On the other hand, we denounce with righteous indignation and dislike men who are throughout the “United States”: he owns nothing, he can claim nothing.
JOHN S. JACOBS
1815-1875, was enslaved in North Carolina as a child and escaped to freedom in adulthood.
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Today, more than 150 years after the Emancipation Proclamation, very little has been done to address the legacy of slavery and its meaning in contemporary life. In many communities like Montgomery, Alabama — which had a prominent role in the slave trade and was a primary site for human trafficking and facilitating slavery
Our history of racial injustice is not well understood and is often avoided, creating a racial divide which is evident today in hundreds of formal and informal ways.
Today, more than 150 years after the Emancipation Proclamation, very little has been done to address the legacy of slavery and its meaning in contemporary life. In many communities like Montgomery, Alabama — which had a prominent role in the slave trade and was a primary site for human trafficking and facilitating slavery — there is little understanding of the slave trade, enslavement, or the longstanding effort to sustain the racial hierarchy that slavery created. In fact, an alternative narrative has emerged in many Southern communities that celebrates the slavery era, honors slavery’s principal proponents and defenders, and refuses to acknowledge or address the problems created by the legacy of slavery. Great progress has been made in deconstructing some of the most explicit forms of racial injustice, but questions of racial inequality and discrimination continue to dominate social, cultural, and political life.
Despite their reputation for brutality, slave traders were generally1 among “the wealthiest and most influential” citizens in their communities.
Today, more than 150 years after the Emancipation Proclamation, very little has been done to address the legacy of slavery and its meaning in contemporary life. In many communities like Montgomery, Alabama — which had a prominent role in the slave trade and was a primary site for human trafficking and facilitating slavery — there is little understanding of the slave trade, enslavement, or the longstanding effort to sustain5 Footnote content goes here the racial hierarchy that slavery created. In fact, an alternative narrative has emerged in many Southern communities that celebrates the slavery era, honors slavery’s principal proponents and defenders, and refuses to acknowledge or address the problems created by the legacy of slavery. Great progress has been made in deconstructing some of the most explicit forms of racial injustice, but questions of racial inequality and discrimination continue to dominate social, cultural, and political life.
To be a man, and not to be a man—a father without authority—a husband and no protector—is the darkest of fates. Such was the condition of my father, and such is the condition6 Footnote for quote of every slave throughout the United States: he owns nothing, he can claim nothing.
JOHN S. JACOBS
1815-1875, was enslaved in North Carolina as a child and escaped to freedom in adulthood.
The Equal Justice Initiative (EJI) believes that a more informed understanding of America’s racial history and the challenges it creates is vital to developing a healthier and more respectful local, state, and national identity. In April 2018, EJI opened two new sites in Montgomery, Alabama: The National Memorial for Peace and Justice, featuring the names of more than 4000 African American victims of racial terror lynching killed between 1877 and 1950; and The Legacy Museum: From Enslavement to Mass Incarceration. Built on the site of a former warehouse where enslaved black people were imprisoned before sale, the 11,000-square-foot museum sits midway between Montgomery’s historic slave market and the main river dock and train station that transported tens of thousands of enslaved people at the height of the domestic slave trade. Museum visitors encounter replicas of slave pens that employ unique technology to bring to life first-person accounts from enslaved people narrating the fear, heartbreak, and inhumanity of the domestic slave trade. Reconciliation with a difficult past cannot be achieved without truthfully confronting history and finding a way forward that is thoughtful and responsible.
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Great progress has been made in deconstructing some of the most explicit forms of racial injustice, but questions of racial inequality and discrimination continue to dominate social, cultural, and political life.
Reconciliation with a difficult7 footnote with left border quote past cannot be achieved without truthfully confronting history and finding a way forward that is thoughtful and responsible.
Museum visitors encounter replicas of slave pens that employ unique technology to bring to life first-person accounts from enslaved people narrating the fear, heartbreak, and inhumanity of the domestic slave trade. Reconciliation with a difficult past cannot be achieved without truthfully confronting history and finding a way forward that is thoughtful and responsible.