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Thomas Jefferson’s Legacy as a Slave Owner

February 21, 2024

By Dannie Gore Sr. Few people know that Thomas Jefferson conducted a leveraged loan using slaves as collateral. Thomas Jefferson mortgaged 150 of his enslaved workers to build Monticello, with a Dutch company putting up money. Mortgaging people to buy other people. A large part of Europe had abolished slavery in 1848, but Europeans were […]

Reparations: Haiti is Long Overdue

September 19, 2021

By Blake / The New 3Rs Class of 2021 When I think of Haiti I think of Cassava Pone, a Caribbean dessert enjoyed by many who are Americans now, whose elders were born in the Caribbean. Cassava, fishing, coffee, and gold were the economy. The Bahamas, Cuba, Hispaniola (now Haiti and the Dominican Republic), and […]