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A Slaveholder Lie Still Circulates In 21st Century America

Posted on August 21, 2011 by Steve Simms

Slaveholder propaganda is still circulating in America in the 21st Century, even in the black community. Here are three examples: 1) A few years ago a black man I had never met stopped his beautiful pick-up truck beside me as … Continue reading →

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Quotes From Quobna Ottobah Cugoano

Posted on May 15, 2011 by Steve Simms

Quobna Ottobah Cugoano was kidnapped by slave traders when he was 13 years-old in Africa in the late 1700s and taken to England. (His slave name was John Stuart.) After experiencing much cruelty and suffering, he finally got his freedom and learned to … Continue reading →

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Experiencing God In Strangers

Posted on April 30, 2011 by Steve Simms

You don’t shoot salesmen, do you?” asked a 20 year old white boy as he stood on a black man’s front porch in Columbus, Georgia during the racial uprising of the summer of 1971. The smiling white boy was wearing … Continue reading →

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Some Americans Suffered An Atrosity

Posted on April 16, 2011 by Steve Simms

I once stood in a small cemetery where a little known group of American hostages are buried. There are no tombstones, only a flat rock placed on each grave—no names to identify these Americans who suffered tremendous indignities and deprivations as … Continue reading →

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Tennessee’s Abolitionist Newspaper — The Emancipator

Posted on April 8, 2011 by Steve Simms

Here’s a little known fact of American history and black history. In the early 1800s there was an abolitionist movement in East Tennessee. Elihu Embree even started an anti-slavery newspaper, The Emancipator, around 1820. Because of stiff opposition the movement … Continue reading →

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When Freedom Broke Out — My 7th Greatest American

Posted on February 23, 2011 by Steve Simms

(Read about all of my Top Ten Greatest Americans by clicking here.) Robert Carter III of Virginia was one of the richest men in Revolutionary America. (He would have ranked near the top of the Forbes 400 List if they … Continue reading →

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Frederick Douglas — “An American Slave”

Posted on February 17, 2011 by Steve Simms

Frederick Douglas was claimed to be personal property from his birth around 1818 in the state of Maryland. He was physically, mentally, and emotionally abused — kept in degraded conditions and treated like an animal. He was separated from his … Continue reading →

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Accepting Black History Into American History

Posted on February 15, 2011 by Steve Simms

Some people say that we shouldn’t talk about black history in the USA, just American history. That is a worthy goal — a color blind history where all people are equal. The only problem is that when we honestly look … Continue reading →

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Where Did Sojourner Truth Get Her Name?

Posted on February 12, 2011 by Steve Simms

One of the greatest Americans was a woman named Sojourner Truth. She escaped from slavery in New York in the early 1800s and began to preach across the land. She was a powerful and passionate speaker and was frequently invited … Continue reading →

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Experiencing God In Strangers

When Freedom Broke Out — My 7th Greatest American

Frederick Douglas — “An American Slave”

Accepting Black History Into American History

Where Did Sojourner Truth Get Her Name?

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