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Slavery in the United States

Op-Ed: Charlottesville and the limit of ‘The South’

World

Op-Ed: Charlottesville and the limit of ‘The South’

By David Reiersgord

Letter from Trumpland: America’s answer to the Apartheid Museum

World

Letter from Trumpland: America’s answer to the Apartheid Museum

By Glen Retief

Slavery and Redress: When history haunts the present

South Africa

Slavery and Redress: When history haunts the present

By J Brooks Spector

Of sunken slave ships and neo-imperialism

Maverick Life

Of sunken slave ships and neo-imperialism

By Rebecca Davis

Remembering the Holocaust, Remembering the end of slavery in America

World

Remembering the Holocaust, Remembering the end of slavery in America

By J Brooks Spector

The Economist: Still not entirely sure if slavery was good or bad, after all these years

World

The Economist: Still not entirely sure if slavery was good or bad, after all these years

By J Brooks Spector

Want a Zuma-Zille face-off? Lincoln-Douglas debates could be the template.

South Africa

Want a Zuma-Zille face-off? Lincoln-Douglas debates could be the template.

By J Brooks Spector

The house that slavery built gets a new home in Smithsonian

Maverick Life

The house that slavery built gets a new home in Smithsonian

By J Brooks Spector

150 years later, Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation remains a milestone

World

150 years later, Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation remains a milestone

By J Brooks Spector

Barack Obama's slave ancestry - not what you'd expect

World

Barack Obama's slave ancestry - not what you'd expect

By J Brooks Spector