http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/slavery/ en-us Wed, 16 Jul 2008 13:41:42 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2046284/posts Everyone knows this, but it's worth repeating: The Republican Party is the party of Abraham Lincoln and was established in 1854 to block the expansion of slavery. The Democratic Party was the party of slavery: Its two founders, Thomas Jefferson and Andrew Jackson, owned large numbers of slaves, and every party platform before the Civil War defended the institution unequivocally. After the war, it was the Republican Party that rammed through the 13th, 14th and 15th amendments to the Constitution over Democratic opposition. Republicans also enacted a series of civil-rights laws that culminated in the Civil Rights Act of 1875,... Wall Street Journal http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2046284/posts#comment Wed, 16 Jul 2008 13:41:42 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1080467/posts Benin official offers apology for nation's role in slavery MOBILE, Ala. (AP) -- An official of the Republic of Benin has offered an apology to students at a Mobile school for his country's participation in the slave trade. In 1859, Benin, on Africa's west coast, sold 116 slaves to a Mobile sailor aboard a ship called the Clotilde - the last slave ship to arrive in America. Slavery was still legal in the United States at that time, but importing slaves was not. Simon Pierre Adovelande apologized Tuesday to the students at the Mobile County Training School. Thirty of... customwire.ap.org http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1080467/posts#comment Wed, 18 Feb 2004 15:08:44 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2044709/posts Arab League members are beside themselves. The idea that Arab regimes and leaders might be held accountable for indiscriminate murders, racism and genocide is an intolerable notion- emp- SC&A sigcarlfred. http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2044709/posts#comment Sun, 13 Jul 2008 06:57:58 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2044572/posts Europe's highest court ruled that a Belgian garage-door installer broke the European Union's antidiscrimination laws by stating publicly that he wouldn't hire Moroccans, even though there was no evidence any job applicant had actually been rejected. The decision expands the scope of EU discrimination laws, raises questions of free speech, and highlights a tension between the bloc and its constituent countries over how much sway Brussels should have in domestic labor-market affairs. A Belgian court originally found that the statements -- made in newspaper and television interviews -- might be unsavory but didn't necessarily amount to discrimination since no injured... Wall Street Journal http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2044572/posts#comment Sat, 12 Jul 2008 22:26:55 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2043953/posts Public approval of Congress is so low that a few Republican optimists dream of overcoming the structural factors favoring the Democrats, holding steady or even gaining seats. They are dreaming. America has a proud tradition of disdain for Congress. In the run up to the Civil War, the floor of the US House of Representatives became the very first battlefield as northern and southern members would routinely resort to fisticuffs in order to settle arguments or points of personal honor. It was not unusual for Members to come armed with pistols to the floor, ready and willing to offer satisfaction... American Thinker http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2043953/posts#comment Fri, 11 Jul 2008 14:59:05 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2042359/posts There's a weird irony at work when Sen. Barack Obama, the black presidential candidate who will allegedly scrub the stain of racism from the nation, vows to run afoul of the constitutional amendment that abolished slavery ...In his speech on national service Wednesday at the University of Colorado, Obama promised that as president he would "set a goal for all American middle and high school students to perform 50 hours of service a year, and for all college students to perform 100 hours of service a year." He would see that these goals are met by, among other things, attaching... LA Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2042359/posts#comment Tue, 8 Jul 2008 13:47:03 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2041828/posts Slavery's new Mecca In a new book documenting the modern slave trade, E. Benjamin Skinner travels to Dubai, known in the sex trade as 'Disneyland for men' E. Benjamin Skinner, National Post Published: Friday, July 04, 2008 Charles Crowell/Bloomberg News To enter Dubai's most notorious brothel, the Cyclone, I paid $16 for a ticket that the bursar stamped with the official seal of the Department of Tourism & Commerce Marketing. Prostitution is illegal in Dubai, whose laws are rooted in Islam, with penalties ranging up to death. But the stamp was only the first of several contradictions in a place... The Natiuonal Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2041828/posts#comment Mon, 7 Jul 2008 14:38:51 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2041060/posts Last month, workmen jacked up a 206-year-old yellow clapboard house, levered it onto a set of remote-controlled dollies, and trundled it two blocks to a new site in St. Nicholas Park, overlooking East Harlem in New York City. The Grange, as it is called, was the home of Alexander Hamilton, best known as co-author of the Federalist papers and America's first secretary of the Treasury. But this founding father also had an extraordinary role in the infant nation's attempt to come to grips with the curse of slavery. Born in the West Indies, Hamilton was one of the most ardent... The Wall Street Journal http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2041060/posts#comment Sat, 5 Jul 2008 12:53:00 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2040693/posts President Bush recently signed the Heroes Earnings Assistance and Relief Act of 2008, aka, the HEART bill. Hidden in the bill is new taxation on those who renounce their citizenship. The bill specifically calls for taxation on the net unrealized gain in their property, as if the property had been sold. Call it the "Hotel Calfornia" Tax, checkout any time you want, but a good chunk of your money can't leave. The first $600,000 in estimated net worth is exempt, then the tax kicks in at regular rates. Thus, this tax creates the potential for huge taxable phantom gains, with... EconomcPolicyJournal.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2040693/posts#comment Fri, 4 Jul 2008 13:25:14 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2040444/posts British girls as young as 12 are being forced into prostitution by migrants in a new crime of 'internal' people trafficking. Children from ordinary families are groomed by older men posing as boyfriends before being pimped around the UK to have sex up to 20 times a night. They are raped and often drugged, according to police. Officers have identified 'syndicates of Iraqi men throughout the UK' behind the exploitation. A Government report said 'internal trafficking' was an 'emerging issue' and it should no longer be assumed young victims of sex exploitation were smuggled from abroad. A UK Human Trafficking... This is London http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2040444/posts#comment Thu, 3 Jul 2008 21:49:33 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2039280/posts Slavery In Modern America Part 1 by pat The conviction and sentencing of Mahender and Varsha Sabhnani, for the torture and enslavement of two Indonesian maids, has once again brought to the forefront the issue of slavery in modern America. This case, which made international headlines, in part because of the International cast of characters as well as the reported wealth of the perpetrators, was colored with salacious testimony. Ms. Sabhnani, an Indonesian married to an Indian--purportedly a Hindu version of Cruella de Ville--was a very successful business woman who resided in The Long Island Gold Coast. Both she and... DBKP http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2039280/posts#comment Tue, 1 Jul 2008 17:28:30 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2037969/posts What follows is Thomas Jefferson's original draft of the Declaration of Independence from his Autobiography. A good portion of the text was deleted or changed by the Congressional delegates; these deletions are indicated by brackets (the last two paragraphs, Jefferson's original and Congress's version are presented side by side in Jefferson's text and here); changes made by Congress are also in brackets but are clearly marked. It was very important to Jefferson that he preserve his original document alongside the version eventually signed. Why? What are the significant differences? What do you make of these deletions? In the second paragraph,... Washington State University (www.wsu.edu) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2037969/posts#comment Sun, 29 Jun 2008 01:10:50 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2035680/posts FLINT, Mich. — Because he has moved so often, 9-year-old Richard Kennedy has already attended four different schools in Flint. In his mother’s latest rental house the other day, he described how it felt to enter an unfamiliar classroom. “My mind gets mixed up,” he said softly. “They’re always starting with different stuff than what I know.” He could only nod, tears welling up, when asked if it was hard to make new friends. The frequent dislocations may help explain why he is being held back in the fourth grade, and why his 11-year-old sister, who has attended eight different... NY Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2035680/posts#comment Tue, 24 Jun 2008 15:59:45 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2034547/posts Note: To All Fifth Columnists is an open letter written by Ayn Rand around the beginning of 1941, when she was encouraging conservative intellectuals to form a national organization advocating individualism. She desired for the letter be issued by such an organization. You who read this represent the greatest danger to America. No matter what the outcome of the war in Europe may be, Totalitarianism has already won a complete victory in many American minds and conquered all of our intellectual life. You have helped it to win. Perhaps it is your right to destroy civilization and bring dictatorship to... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2034547/posts#comment Sun, 22 Jun 2008 00:42:33 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2033018/posts It seems too lunatic to be true. But here a hair salon boss reveals how she was driven to the brink of ruin - and forced to pay £4,000 for 'hurt feelings' - after refusing to hire a Muslim stylist who wouldn't show her hair at work For Sarah Desrosiers, meeting Bushra Noah was not a moment in her life that she would describe as especially memorable. Not only was it brief - lasting little more than ten minutes - but it was rapidly obvious to Sarah that Bushra was not the person for the junior stylist position she was... Mail Online (Daily Mail) UK http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2033018/posts#comment Wed, 18 Jun 2008 22:37:06 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2032437/posts Bush may have done a service to us all. The eight years gave us lay offs and unemployment not seen since the great depresion, wars and attrocities commited in the name of advancing american multi corporate agenda and white Christianity, we saw the rich get richer and the poor become even more poor, we heard slogans such as jobless recovery, strategery, modern economy, trickledown effect Ad nauseum. The values of Bush are the values of the capitalist system, another word for fascism. the eight years of Bush proves capitalism is a failed system. We see more debt, unemployment and 100... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2032437/posts#comment Tue, 17 Jun 2008 20:25:54 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2029140/posts Tuesday, 3 June 2008 Book review: Slavery within the Islamic world - the forbidden truth (LÂ’ esclavage en Terre dÂ’Islam: un tabou bien gardé) Now this looks interesting. A review by Elie Smith, an African journalist living and working in Paris, of the latest  book by Malek Chebal  - L’ esclavage en Terre d’Islam: un tabou bien gardé which he translates as Slavery within the Islamic world -- the forbidden truth. I have taken the review from the website African Path but it is also features on his own blog. The book itself is in French but this particular review is... NewEnglishReview http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2029140/posts#comment Tue, 10 Jun 2008 23:37:03 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2029044/posts The Arab Slaver June 08, 2008 09:30 AM EST My country is called the great Satan by many in the Islamic world. We were once called capitalist pigs or similar metaphors used by much of the communist world. It has been stated by a certain group of people living within America that we have white devils running the establishment. Far to many Black Americans have yet to move beyond the race issue while at the same time (unfortunately) racism is still practiced by just about every group within our borders. I have experienced racism in Asian restaurants. I have had... Morton's two cents http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2029044/posts#comment Tue, 10 Jun 2008 21:09:30 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2025378/posts Independent schools to drop sports tours for poor pupil places By Graeme Paton, Education Editor Last updated: 5:10 PM BST 03/06/2008Independent schools may be forced to cut sports tours and expensive new facilities to give free places to children from poor homes, according to a top lawyer. They should reconsider future plans to build hi-tech theatres and sports halls to comply with new charity laws, it is claimed. Some schools could even cut out rugby tours to foreign countries to save money for bursaries, Stephen Lloyd, from Bates, Wells & Braithwaite, one of the country's leading charity law firms, told... Telegraph.uk http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2025378/posts#comment Tue, 3 Jun 2008 18:14:20 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/2019346/posts Billary gave an impassioned speech in Boca Raton Florida in attempts to gain delegates in both Florida and Michigan. In her speech she states that her campaign’s struggle to succeed at this task is similar to the ending slavery. Clinton goes on to say: that it is also similar to “fighting racial discrimination at the ballot box” she stated. “This work to extend the franchise to all of our citizens is a core mission of the modern Democratic Party” Clinton adds. Let’s rewind to 2000 when Condoleezza Rice spoke at the Republican National Convention shall we? Rice recalls: “The first... Right Up Front http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/2019346/posts#comment Wed, 21 May 2008 21:25:48 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2017994/posts Left-Wing Racism Remembered   By Floyd and Mary Beth BrownFrontPageMagazine.com | Monday, May 19, 2008 Did you know…Martin Luther King, Jr. was a Republican? Every civil rights law, beginning in the 1860s through the 1950s and 1960s, was fought against by Democrats? Or the KKK had links to the Democratic Party? Not only are these questions addressed by the National Black Republicans Association (NBRA), but also more surprising facts. A few months ago, we had the privilege to meet the chairwoman of NBRA, a brave and gusty woman named Frances Rice. “The double standard looms large when Democrats practice... FrontPageMagazine.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2017994/posts#comment Mon, 19 May 2008 12:04:36 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1338607/posts Abstract: This is a work in progress that I am making available due to the current interest in Ward Churchill’s writings. I show that Churchill has committed research fraud, and very possibly committed perjury as well. This article analyzes Churchill’s fabrication of a genocide. Churchill invented a story about the US Army deliberately creating a smallpox epidemic among the Mandan people in 1837 by distributing infected blankets. While there was a smallpox epidemic on the Plains in 1837, it was entirely accidental, the Army wasn’t involved, and nearly every element of Churchill’s story is a total invention. My goal here... Lamar University Sociology Dept http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1338607/posts#comment Tue, 8 Feb 2005 15:54:20 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/655380/posts By 1860, the Cherokees had 4,600 slaves; the Choctaws, 2,344; the Creeks, 1,532; the Chickasaws, 975; and the Seminoles, 500. Some Indian slave owners were as harsh and cruel as any white slave master. Indians were often hired to catch runaway slaves; in fact, slave-catching was a lucrative way of life for some Indians, especially the Chickasaws.Black slavery in America usually evokes images of the antebellum South, but few realize that members of the Five Civilized Tribes--the Cherokees, Choctaws, Chickasaws, Creeks, and Seminoles--in Indian Territory, today's Oklahoma, also had slaves. Like their counterparts in the South, Indian slaveholders feared slave... CHEROKEE SLAVE REVOLT OF 1842 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/655380/posts#comment Thu, 28 Mar 2002 21:47:43 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2016282/posts Our nation’s top historians reveal that the Democratic Party gave us the Ku Klux Klan, Black Codes, Jim Crow Laws and other repressive legislation which resulted in the multitude of murders, lynchings, mutilations, and intimidations (of thousands of black and white Republicans). On the issue of slavery: historians say the Democrats gave their lives to expand it, the Republicans gave their lives to ban it. The Real Democrat Party http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2016282/posts#comment Thu, 15 May 2008 13:05:18 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2016033/posts Disclosure that he neglected to pay $1.5 million in taxes left minority rights advocate, the Reverend Al Sharpton, unfazed. “These are my reparations for 400 years of slavery and oppression,” Sharpton claimed. “Whitey owes me this money.” It is Sharpton’s contention that congress’ failure to enact legislation compensating the current generation of African-Americans for the slavery endured by their long-dead ancestors entitles him to withhold payment of taxes on his “earnings.” “Black men were beaten, exploited and murdered by white men,” Sharpton said. “I’m a Black man. The government is run by white men. Until they pay me for this... AZCONSERVATIVE http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2016033/posts#comment Wed, 14 May 2008 22:09:22 GMT