Theodore Dwight Weld, 1803-1895. American Slavery As It Is: Testimony of a Thousand Witnesses.
Here's a read for anyone who has been entertaining the idea that slavery could have been a benefit to slaves, because of their benevolent masters. After reading this you'll realize that most slaves were being worked on starvation diets, injured by "disciplinary actions" and left to die from infectious diseases. If they survived at all, you will be left to wonder how that happened.
A collection of articles defining our times. The pages contain clickable links, don't let the titles fool you, some of the best articles have very non-descript titles and there are usually more articles on the matters in the days and week pages the links land on so it's a sort of treasure hunt through history, Enjoy!
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