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John Sutter’s heart of darkness

In Joseph Conroy’s novel Heart of Darkness, the ivory trader Mr. Kurtz moves deep into the “savage interior” of the Congo and builds a vast slave plantation where he rules by terror. Severed heads are perched on the posts of … Continue reading

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The Slave Trade that Textbooks Ignore

The release of new textbooks in Texas, which diminish the African slave trade by describing the slaves in the US as “workers” or “immigrants”, has sparked outcry.  Many have commented that this is a classic attempt at erasure, to erase the … Continue reading

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