Comments on: DNA and Our Slavery History http://www.racismreview.com/blog/2008/07/12/dna-and-our-slavery-history/ Wed, 08 Sep 2010 17:29:21 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Joe http://www.racismreview.com/blog/2008/07/12/dna-and-our-slavery-history/comment-page-1/#comment-4548 Joe Fri, 18 Jul 2008 00:29:52 +0000 http://www.racismreview.com/blog/?p=404#comment-4548 Well put, Bev, thanks for the insights. MOST whites benefited from directly slavery, they just do not get covered in the history books. Think about all the ship builders/carpenters/skilled workers, white collar clerks at banks/insurance companies insuring slave ships, barrel makers for rum, seamen, slave catchers, police patrollers, judges, etc...... Even all those poor white farmers who sent/sold produce to slave plantations for the enslaved to eat, etc...... Well put, Bev, thanks for the insights.

MOST whites benefited from directly slavery, they just do not get covered in the history books. Think about all the ship builders/carpenters/skilled workers, white collar clerks at banks/insurance companies insuring slave ships, barrel makers for rum, seamen, slave catchers, police patrollers, judges, etc…… Even all those poor white farmers who sent/sold produce to slave plantations for the enslaved to eat, etc……

]]> By: bev http://www.racismreview.com/blog/2008/07/12/dna-and-our-slavery-history/comment-page-1/#comment-4507 bev Sun, 13 Jul 2008 23:27:01 +0000 http://www.racismreview.com/blog/?p=404#comment-4507 This post is quite timely for me personally. I just finished "Inheriting the Trade" by deWolf and have been thinking a lot about the convoluted way white folks (from powerful slave traders, politicians, clergymen, etc., to small-town folks who didn’t even personally own slaves, both in the South and the North) benefited from the slave trade in some way, shape, or form. Whether directly or “indirectly.” (Quotes for a reason.) I will definitely check out Pearl Duncan’s piece. Also, to go along with what you were saying about the historic Adams Mansion, I recently found this book in a local DC bookstore: "Black Men Built the Capital: Discovering African-American History In and Around Washington, D.C." by Jesse J. Holland. I haven’t started it yet, but hopefully it’s a good one. Talk about slavery and racism being foundational to the U.S. … as ostensibly seen in the enslaved African and African American hands that built the most revered buildings (including the Capital and White House) which symbolized “freedom” for their white masters. Also, our National Mall was formally one the District’s busiest slave markets. This post is quite timely for me personally. I just finished “Inheriting the Trade” by deWolf and have been thinking a lot about the convoluted way white folks (from powerful slave traders, politicians, clergymen, etc., to small-town folks who didn’t even personally own slaves, both in the South and the North) benefited from the slave trade in some way, shape, or form. Whether directly or “indirectly.” (Quotes for a reason.) I will definitely check out Pearl Duncan’s piece.

Also, to go along with what you were saying about the historic Adams Mansion, I recently found this book in a local DC bookstore: “Black Men Built the Capital: Discovering African-American History In and Around Washington, D.C.” by Jesse J. Holland. I haven’t started it yet, but hopefully it’s a good one. Talk about slavery and racism being foundational to the U.S. … as ostensibly seen in the enslaved African and African American hands that built the most revered buildings (including the Capital and White House) which symbolized “freedom” for their white masters. Also, our National Mall was formally one the District’s busiest slave markets.

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