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Modern slaves
Hardly a thing of the past, slavery thrives in our world. Investigative reporter Benjamin Skinner tells Salon the shocking truth about human trafficking.
By Hannah Wallace Mar 27, 2008
Of Ph.D.s, gay lovers, slave narratives and the Ivy League
I have a choice of two schools for my doctorate; one is ranked 63 and the other is ranked 90. Which should I choose -- and what about my boyfriend?
By Cary Tennis Mar 20, 2008
The rhetoric of slavery and climate change
Then: Abolition would wreak havoc on the economy of the South. Now: Ratifying the Kyoto Protocol would punish all Americans.
Andrew Leonard Feb 27, 2008
The destiny of bad geography
The slave trade sent some Africans running for the hills. Where they got a little stuck.
Andrew Leonard Jun 21, 2007
I'm almost 21. Should I buy some guns?
Like my father, I love and respect guns. But I'm conflicted.
By Cary Tennis Apr 16, 2007
"Amazing Grace"
Not only is Michael Apted's historical drama about an anti-slavery activist lively and funny -- it stars a serious dreamboat. Huzzah!
By Stephanie Zacharek Feb 23, 2007
Venus abused
In the early 1800s, Westerners leered at Saartjie Bartmaan's curvy body and exotic skin. But do we gawk any less today?
By Marisa Meltzer Jan 9, 2007
"A Million Nightingales"
In an excerpt from Susan Straight's new novel, a mixed-race slave girl tries to outwit her captors.
By Susan Straight Mar 18, 2006
Freedom and equality: Un-American activities
A master historian argues that Reconstruction ideals, far from reflecting America's deepest values, contradicted them
By Andrew O'Hehir Jan 16, 2006
Too damn little, too damn late
Senators can take their half-assed lynching apology and shove it.
By Debra J. Dickerson Jun 28, 2005
When freedom was the "peculiar institution"
Adam Hochschild talks about how the abolitionist movement caught fire -- from the high seas to the kitchen pantry -- and changed the world forever.
By Priya Jain Jan 19, 2005
Dark side of a sea dog
Legendary rogue John Hawkyns roamed the high seas for Queen Elizabeth, defeating the Spanish Armada, adventuring in the West Indies -- and pioneering the nefarious trade that would send millions of Africans into slavery.
By Peter L'Official Nov 22, 2004
Letters
Haven't white Southerners suffered enough? Anyway, slavery is irrelevant to the plot (and geography) of "Cold Mountain." Readers respond to Stephanie Zacharek's review.
Jan 5, 2004
Founding sinners
While Thomas Jefferson never freed his slaves, George Washington did, despite his wife's wishes. Historians are finally coming to terms with America's oldest wound.
By Laura Miller Nov 25, 2003
The never ending war over slavery
A new exhibit at the Museum of the Confederacy tells of slaves who supported slavery. But if former Gov. Doug Wilder's dream comes true, the nation's first slavery museum will tell a different -- and harsher -- story.
By Louise Witt May 27, 2003
Better than a saint
A new biography removes Abraham Lincoln's halo, revealing a man whose sheer human goodness remains mysterious.
By Laura Miller Feb 12, 2002
Islam's black slaves
The author of a book on the 1,400-year history of the other slave trade talks about the power of eunuchs, the Nation of Islam's falsehoods and the persistence of slavery today.
By Suzy Hansen Apr 5, 2001
This is beyond libel. It is surreal
The columnist responds to Alicia Montgomery, who dubbed him "the white Al Sharpton."
By David Horowitz Mar 19, 2001
Late night with David Horowitz
The conservative columnist defends his views in the former Mecca of free speech. No chairs are thrown, but a mike mysteriously goes dead.
By Cary Tennis Mar 16, 2001
Horowitz: "I'm not a racial provocateur"
The Salon columnist charges that Joan Walsh, in her defense of his anti-reparations ad campaign, belittled him as a "racial provocateur" and publicity hound.
By David Horowitz Mar 13, 2001
Did white slavery exist?
"These people first had to undergo a racial transformation"
Jun 19, 2000
Slaves of a different color
Historians mostly ignore the fact that some white people, too, were enslaved before the Civil War.
By Stephan Talty Jun 15, 2000
Slave pay? No way
"Will there be a new tax based on race, with appropriate discounts for being part African-American?"
. Jun 7, 2000
Debt wrong
David Horowitz is incorrect. It's time for the United States to pay up for slavery.
By Earl Ofari Hutchison Jun 5, 2000
The latest civil rights disaster
Ten reasons why reparations for slavery are a bad idea for black people -- and racist too.
By David Horowitz May 30, 2000
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