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21. Act prohibited importation.

Sun Sep 15, 2019, 11:17 AM

Sep 2019

These two were involved in domestic slave trade.

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They were once America's cruelest, richest slave traders. Why does no one know their names? [View all] mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2019 OP

Interestingly Docreed2003 Sep 2019 #1

Do you know what other entity is located in Alexandria, Virginia? mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2019 #12

Ha nice sharedvalues Sep 2019 #18

I think 12 yrs a Slave tried to tell this story. Pisces Sep 2019 #3

Do you know of anyone who's done research on.. cannabis_flower Sep 2019 #4

Buried history bucolic_frolic Sep 2019 #6

So 50 years passed and it wasn't until the 1860's that it was enforced? Evolve Dammit Sep 2019 #14

It was sort of enforced soldierant Sep 2019 #17

Wasn't it though! soldierant Sep 2019 #29

Importing slaves from Africa was banned in 1808 but internal appalachiablue Sep 2019 #19

Thanks for the insight, depressing though it may be, it is our history. Evolve Dammit Sep 2019 #25

U.S. law didn't really apply in the C.S.A. eShirl Sep 2019 #20

Act prohibited importation. LisaL Sep 2019 #21

Because we don't have statues of them! We can't erase history! IronLionZion Sep 2019 #8

Slave states should lose a senator. pwb Sep 2019 #9

Which of Virginia's senators do you suggest we give up? mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2019 #11

K/R. More from Wiki, the National Park Service (NPS) & Alex. Times: appalachiablue Sep 2019 #15

3-D Stereoscopic Photographs of Alex. Slave Pen During the Civil War appalachiablue Sep 2019 #16

Astonishing. Thank you -- and everyone else who replied. NT mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2019 #23

Franklin, the slave trader's descendants face the past; Freedom Hs. Update: appalachiablue Sep 2019 #28

bookmarking for later Blue_Tires Sep 2019 #30