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		<title>Civil War 150th for May 12, 2011</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 May 2011 14:06:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Civil War 150th&#8221; is a periodic compilation of information related to the sesquicentennial, or 150th anniversary, of the U.S. Civil War (2011-2015). In keeping with the theme of this blog, the focus is on the often-misunderstood role of slavery and race in the war. Today&#8217;s &#8220;Civil War 150th&#8221; includes the North&#8217;s relationship to southern slavery, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Civil War&#8217;s dirty secret about slavery</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Apr 2011 16:19:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have an opinion article up today at CNN.com, co-authored with Katrina Browne, on the occasion of the 150th anniversary of the outbreak of the U.S. Civil War at Fort Sumter. The subject is the mythology about the war that still lingers on both sides. For the South, that mythology has received ample attention over [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Civil War begins</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 09 Jan 2011 16:40:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Civil War sesquicentennial]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fernando Wood]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Tracing Center]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today is the 150th anniversary of the outbreak of the U.S. Civil War. On January 9, 1861, shore batteries in Charleston, South Carolina opened fire on the steamer Star of the West as that merchant ship attempted to reach Fort Sumter with fresh troops and supplies. The Star of the West was hit and forced [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Censorship, the &#8216;n-word,&#8217; and Mark Twain&#8217;s &#8216;Huckleberry Finn&#8217;</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 08 Jan 2011 22:23:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Mark Twain]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Melissa Harris-Perry]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[By now, most readers will no doubt have heard that the &#8220;n-word&#8221; has been removed from a new edition of Mark Twain&#8217;s The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by NewSouth Books, replaced throughout the book with the word &#8220;slave.&#8221; I&#8217;ve been asked repeatedly, over the last several days, what I think of this idea. The answer, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New York and slavery at the time of the Civil War</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Jan 2011 19:55:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today marks the 150th anniversary of another Civil War milestone: the proposal by Mayor Fernando Wood to the city council that New York City secede from the Union, in order to continue its relationship with the South, just as southern states were beginning to declare their secession. I&#8217;ve co-authored an opinion article coming out soon [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New York supported the South and slavery</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Dec 2010 19:03:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Exactly one hundred and fifty years ago, South Carolina was on the verge of seceding from the Union over the issue of slavery. At the same time, New Yorkers were preparing to make a dramatic statement in support of the southern cause and in favor of southern slavery, which had long been the backbone of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>U.S. family finds traces of slave-trade past in Cuba</title>
		<link>http://living.jdewperry.com/2010/04/u-s-family-finds-traces-of-slave-trade-past-in-cuba/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Apr 2010 19:04:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As I returned to the U.S. from Havana last night, the Associated Press released a story on our visit, &#8220;US family finds traces of slave-trade past in Cuba.&#8221; The article has been running prominently in the U.S. and abroad, making the A.P.&#8217;s daily top stories list as their third-listed international story in the world. I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Exposing the role of New England in slavery</title>
		<link>http://living.jdewperry.com/2010/03/exposing-the-role-of-new-england-in-slavery/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Mar 2010 15:40:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Historical amnesia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Massachusetts]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of our toughest challenges in presenting Traces of the Trade is to help audiences acknowledge the often-hidden complicity in slavery, not merely of our slave-trading family, but of all of New England (and, indeed, the entire nation). Tonight, I&#8217;m attending a screening and discussion of the documentary in Concord, Massachusetts, hosted by the Drinking [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Racial myth and miscegenation on &#8220;The Simpsons&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://living.jdewperry.com/2010/02/racial-myth-and-miscegenation-on-the-simpsons/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Feb 2010 03:05:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[On tonight&#8217;s episode of &#8220;The Simpsons,&#8221; Lisa Simpson explores her family&#8217;s historical connection to slavery and presents the results at school for Black History Month. This was fascinating for me to watch, as my own family&#8217;s powerful connection to slavery has taken up much of my time and energy over the last decade. Being a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;New England’s Scarlet ‘S’ for Slavery&#8221;</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Jan 2010 04:01:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Slavery in New England was brutal and lasted, in its official form, for 150 years. Enslavement greatly enriched the colonists and, later, citizens of New England, and only died out gradually and fitfully. This is the proposition of an op-ed appearing in tomorrow&#8217;s Boston Globe, entitled &#8220;New England’s scarlet ‘S’ for slavery,&#8221; in honor of [...]]]></description>
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