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Slavery
The history of African Americans in English North America began in August 1619, when the White Lion, an English privateer based in the Netherlands, traded “20 and Odd Negroes” captured off Mexico from a Portuguese slave ship for food. Because these first blacks were Christians, probably from Angola, it is possible that they were initially…
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No charge, I just want to sell my books afterward
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I have prepared presentations, roughly half an hour to an hour in length, but adaptable to your requirements, on the following topics: Summary of Collective Amnesia Findings White Supremacy and Racism Decisive Role of US Colored Troops in the Civil War — and Black Confederates African American Troops in World War I and the Great…
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Collective Amnesia: American Apartheid, African Americans’ 400 Years in North America, 1619-2019 Chapter One Racism and White Supremacy: America’s “Original Sin?” Chapter Two Slavery: America’s “Peculiar Institution” Chapter Three United States Colored Troops — and Black Confederates Chapter…
Read MoreCause of the Civil War
According to official Confederate mythology, states’ rights, not slavery, was the issue that caused the brutal war that went on so long, as if either issue would have meant much to most of the illiterate Southern yeoman farmers who constituted the bulk of Southern soldiery. In fact, there were a number of counties that refused…
Read MoreCollectlive Amnesia Press Release
Collective Amnesia: American Apartheid, African Americans’ 400 Years in North America 1619-2019, is a comprehensive study of the treatment African Americans have encountered since arriving in Virginia in 1619. The book documents a saga of racism and white supremacy, history seldom taught in school. Numerous tables, photographs, maps, charts, and extensive endnotes make the study…
Read MoreCollective Amnesia: American Apartheid Published!
After three years of research and writing, plus three and a half months of struggling to obtain copyright permissions for the graphics in the book, Collective Amnesia: American Apartheid, African Americans’ 400 Years in North America, 1619-2019, is finally available at BarnesandNoble.com, Amazon.com and the publisher, Xlibris. In due time it will be available on…
Read MoreCollective Amnesia Goes to Publication!
After two weeks of what seemed like solid proof-reading here in sunny Sarasota, I received the final galley yesterday. The ebook will go live in a matter of days; the paperback and hardbound versions will take up to a month and a half. I hope you will purchase one of the formats. The cost for…
Read MoreStatus Update — Collective Amnesia on the Way!
On Monday, January 14th I was informed that my graphics had finally been cleared, ending four and a half months of struggle. If you’ve never published a book, I don’t believe I can adequately describe the process of getting permissions or a license to use a given graphic. For me, the process was far more…
Read MoreCollective Amnesia: American Apartheid African Americans’ 400 Years in North America, 1619-2019 Contents
Dedicated to African Americans, Freedmen and slave Who stood by the Union in her time of trial And to their descendants Who kept the faith Despite segregation and hate Chapter One Racism and White Supremacy: America’s “Original Sin?” (25 pages) Chapter Two Slavery: America’s “Peculiar Institution” …
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