Prison labor sounds like slavery, because it is.
40% of incarcerated people in the U.S. are paid nothing for their work and even those who do get wages are paid just pennies per day.

Prison labor sounds like slavery, because it is.
40% of incarcerated people in the U.S. are paid nothing for their work and even those who do get wages are paid just pennies per day.
Why we don't learn about millions of Africans trafficked through Sahara, Red Sea & Indian Ocean into
#Muslim-ruled societies?
Classical Islamic law recognized & regulated #slavery.
For centuries, conquest, legal inequality & slavery existed within systems that distinguished rulers from subordinated
An estimated 6.86 million of Africans were trafficked into Muslim-ruled societies between 1500 and 1890 under legal frameworks regulated by classical Islamic law.
Among the people enslaved on John Tharp's Jamaican plantations (1817-1832) were some with more names that are hard to explain. For example, a Jamaican-born women on Covey plantation was called Roundhill
buff.ly/yAqzBmK #slavery #Jamaica #familyhistory
The reason why privileged Korean residents in Japan are not punished for crimes is because this country is a British colony under divided rule.
No apology but King Charles III will not shy away from slavery issue during Caribbean tour, Buckingham Palace says @sightmagazine.bsky.social #KingCharlesIII #Caribbean #CHOGM #Bahamas #AntiguaandBarbuda #Guyana #slavery
The default name for indigenous women in "Latin America" (500+ indigenous languages in the region) given by the #Españoles (Spaniards) was...wait for it...Maria or Mary.
#LatinAmerica #México #España #Colombia #California #NewMexico #Texas #Florida #UK #England #Jamaica #Slavery #VoteBlue #ICE #DHS
Many enslaved women shared a small number of common English names, making it harder to trace them as individuals. For example, there were 23 women and girls called Rose on John Tharp's Jamaican plantations, and another 8 called Rosie buff.ly/jxUCyj1 #slavery #Jamaica #familyhistory
King Charles III to acknowledge ‘darkest days’ of Britain’s colonial rule during Caribbean tour
King's Caribbean tour will not shy away from 'darkest days of our past' #KingCharlesIII #CaribbeanTour #Slavery #Commonwealth #TheBahamas
You have been pretending to be in a state of "freedom." Be honest about your situation here.
It's a whole new world for this historian! Never, ever, did I think I would have a QR Code 🙃 EnslavedTexas.org #Research #Blackhistory #Slavery #Texashistory
5 men and boys on John Tharp's Jamaican plantations, including 3 born in Africa, were given the name Romulus, after one of the mythical founders of Rome buff.ly/lSQBW2i #slavery #Jamaica #familyhistory
Don’t mess with Women!
Angie Nixon to JDVance
“He’s enjoying the buildings my ancestors built”
#AngieNixon #JDVance #Slavery #USDemocracy
"Fictions of Consent" by Urvashi Chakravarty looks how #slavery and fictions of race were crafted in the rhetorics & ideologies of servitude in Early Modern England
#History #BritishHistory #EarlyModernHistory #BritishStudies #LiteraryStudies #CulturalStudies