January 30, 2023

Language of Slavery vs. Enslavement

Explore aspects of language used to talk about slavery, how language matters, how the work of enslaved people was sometimes left out of history, and how orators such as Frederick Douglass and Henry Highland Garnet addressed slavery/enslavement at the time. Paul Stewart, co-founder of Underground Railroad Education Center, discussed these topics and more with Brea Barthel for Hudson Mohawk Magazine.

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