Show 68 - BLITZ Human Resources

“Frederick Douglass, who I've always considered to be sort of the black founding father, he's one of the more impressive human beings in American history if you've not read his autobiographies.”

“The speaker references a book written in the South in 1935 by William Sumner Jenkins, discussing the debate over slavery in Congress and the arguments between abolitionists and pro-slavery representatives.”

“In his book, The Slave Trade, author Hugh Thomas calls what's happening in the Caribbean during this time period a population collapse, and it warms the cuckolds of every humanist's heart to hear somebody screaming out about the injustice of it.”

“Popkin discusses the racial dynamics in Saint-Domingue during the era leading up to the French Revolution, emphasizing the racial makeup and discrimination faced by individuals of African descent.”

“It's recounted in the book, The Light in the Darkness, which is a book that's been published in the introduction to the Penguin version I have of de las Casas is a short account of the destruction of the Indies.”

“In Slavery, A World History, Milton Meltzer has a firsthand account of an eyewitness observer that was in hate in the period, I'm sure it was a little before this period.”

“David breon davis says this is the greatest weapon in the arsenal of american abolitionists the ability to hold a mirror up to people.”

“Leclerc writes a note to the Navy minister, detailing the losses of his regiment during the Haitian Revolution, which is reprinted in David Gagas's The Haitian Revolution.”

“The book discusses the legacies of American slavery as the author travels around and engages with historical contexts, particularly focusing on Thomas Jefferson's legacy.”

“In the book Pioneers of the Black Atlantic, which is a compilation of several different slave stories, a slave, Aladue Equiano points out what it was like below decks for him during the middle passage crossing.”

“Amanda E. Stevenson, a historian who wrote What Is Slavery, where she reminds us that the trauma that is slavery starts much earlier in the process than we think it does.”

“A wonderful book called Voices from Slavery, and it's one of several that's been produced with original primary source remembrances of slaves.”

“Dubois quotes contemporary sources about the violent race war and the brutal conditions faced by both sides during the Haitian Revolution.”

“Smith writes, quote, what's fascinating about Jefferson is that this is a flaw of which he was wholly cognizant in notes on the state of Virginia.”

“It's recounted in the book, The Light in the Darkness, which is a book that's been published in the introduction to the Penguin version I have of de las Casas is a short account of the destruction of the Indies.”

“Davis writes about the statistics showing the flow of slave labor from Africa to the New World, emphasizing the shocking numbers of enslaved individuals transported.”

“Jason T. Sharples describes the system of violence and coercion that maintained slavery, emphasizing the role of fear in controlling enslaved people.”

“In Inhuman Bondage, David Breon Davis writes, gives you some statistics that show the amount of people that are coming over from the old world to the new world.”

“David Breon Davis discusses the impact of diseases on the Amerindian population, emphasizing their vulnerability to imported diseases.”

“Author James Walvin in Freedom explains where all this wealth comes from, stating that the entire system depended on African slave labor by 1789.”

“Historian Brenda A. Stevenson from UCLA, whom we quoted earlier in her book, What is Slavery? Goes over the numbers a little bit.”

“The declaration says we hold these truths to be self-evident that all men are created equal.”

“There's a primary source letter I believe it was that's recounted in melzer's book slavery of world history.”

“When the french revolution started 1789 which is the year the u.s constitution signed in 1787 goes into effect so they're close behind thomas jefferson's in france helping lafayette draft things like the declaration of the rights of man and the citizen.”

“The arc of the moral universe is long but it bends towards justice that's sort of the wig view of history that we're making progress.”

“Milton Melzer references CLR James's insights on the brutal realities of slave life, emphasizing the extreme measures taken by slave owners to break the spirit of slaves.”

“The excerpt discusses the experiences of slaves, referencing Frederick Douglass and his perspective on the conditions of slavery and the impact of being sold.”