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400 years of slavery

This is part of a week-long series to mark the 400th anniversary of the first African Americans who arrived as captives on a ship in 1619, ushering in the era of American slavery. This series will look at the history and legacy of American slavery.

5 September 2019

  • The Wider Image: ‘Built by my family’: America’s grand buildings built by slaves<br>Chains are seen near the U.S. Capitol in Washington, U.S., August 16, 2019. One of the most iconic symbols of American democracy, the U.S. Capitol, was built using enslaved labor who were involved in all aspects of construction, including carpentry, masonry, plastering, glazing and painting. REUTERS/Carlos Barria SEARCH “SLAVERY BUILDINGS” FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH “WIDER IMAGE” FOR ALL STORIES.

    America's 'democratic experiment' is inextricably tied to the history of slavery

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    The year 1619 laid out rough boundaries of citizenship, freedom, and democracy that are still being policed

16 August 2019

  • Montgomery Cityscapes and City Views<br>MONTGOMERY, AL - JULY 06: Kwame Akoto-Bamfo’s ‘Nkyinkim’ sculpture...dedicated to the memory of the victims of the Transatlantic slave trade is on display at The National Memorial For Peace And Justice in Montgomery, Alabama on July 6, 2018. MANDATORY MENTION OF THE ARTIST UPON PUBLICATION - RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE. (Photo By Raymond Boyd/Getty Images)

    Slavery in America reminds us: Trump is far from an aberration

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  • A photo showing a group of African American slaves at the Cassina Point plantation of James Hopkinson on Edisto Island, South Carolina.

    400 years since slavery: a timeline of American history

15 August 2019

  • A couple walks through the grounds of the Boone Hall Plantation on July 16, 2015 in Mount Pleasant, South Carolina. The plantation, founded in 1681, is one of the oldest working plantations in the United States, once producing cotton and pecans but now fruits and vegetables. The plantation is a popular tourist destination near Charleston, where visitors can tour the main house, the extensive grounds and the former slave quarters. (Photo by John Moore/Getty Images)

    Do idyllic southern plantations really tell the story of slavery?

    In these memorials to southern splendor, much of the history being told is devoid of the atrocities of slavery

14 August 2019

  • ‘Seeing the 1619 Africans and their descendants as slaves seals them within the permanent identity of enslavement.’

    How we think about the term 'enslaved' matters

  • Young girls walk past a sign denoting the 400th anniversary of the landing of the first enslaved Africans in English-occupied North America at Point Comfort in 1619.

    Point Comfort: where slavery in America began 400 years ago

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