Where the Slaves Were Actually Shipped from Africa

Notice the small amount that was actually shipped to the colonies. Yet white guilt seems to belong only to Americans.

Salt: A World History

"The city of Cincinnati was built into a major commercial center with salt from Kanawha and pigs from Ohio, Kentucky, and Indiana. By the late 1830's, Cincinnati was packing almost one third of all western American hogs...

...Kanawha salt makers could still undersell their competitors, not only because the density of their brine but because their workers were slaves. 

Kanawha was in the state of Virginia, which had a huge slave-based tobacco industry that was slowly declining. The large tobacco plantations had more slaves than they could use, and the owners saw an economic opportunity in renting these people to Kanawha salt producers. According to the 1810 census, Kanawha county had 352 slaves, but by 1850, 3,140 slaves lived in the county, mostly assigned to saltworks...

Plantation slaves did not want to be leased to saltworks, and they would sometimes escape while beig taken west. The slaves knew that, like the salt, they were only a short journey to Ohio, which was a free state...

...By the 1840's, Syracuse, not Kanawha, became the leading supplier of salt in the Midwest."

Linky Links

Stuff I found interesting or amusing and thought I'd share.

- Seven Tips for the New Year. Good advice.

- Kevin Kelly's Data Manifesto.

- Ironies and compromises at the nation's birth. As an aside - I like Joseph Ellis as a writer. (HT A Layman's Blog)

- Are the walls closing in on Ilhan Omar? Oh what a tangled web you weave when first you introduce legislation to deceive.

Where the Slaves Were Actually Shipped from Africa

Notice the small amount that was actually shipped to the colonies. Yet white guilt seems to belong only to Americans.

Where the Slaves Were Actually Shipped from Africa

 Notice the small amount that was actually shipped to the colonies. Yet white guilt seems to belong only to Americans.

Slavery

It has been reported that there's more people in slavery today then there were at the time of the Civil War. Have long said that the US should drop out of the UN if they refuse to expel any country still allows slavery.

Slavery and Abortion

Via

Where the Slaves were Actually Shipped from Africa

Notice the small amount that was actually shipped to the colonies. Yet white guilt seems to belong only to Americans. (Via)

Slavery

On this date in 1865 the Congress voted to end slavery. The vote was 119 "yea" and 56 "nay" with 8 Congressmen not voting. It should be noted that every Republican Congressman voted to end slavery (along with 14 Democrats). Of the 56 "nay" votes 50 and all of the not voting (the voting "present" of the day) came from the Democrats.

Just something to keep in mind when you hear the Republicans are the "racist" party.

A Modest Proposal to Get the US Out of the UN

And unlike Swift's Modest Proposal this one has a realistic chance of succeeding.

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Slavery

On this date in 1865 the Congress voted to end slavery. The vote was 119 "yea" and 56 "nay" with 8 Congressmen not voting. It should be noted that every Republican Congressman voted to end slavery (along with 14 Democrats). Of the 56 "nay" votes 50 and all of the not voting (the voting "present" of the day) came from the Democrats.

Just something to keep in mind when you hear the Republicans are the "racist" party.

Slavery

Tyler Cowen published an article, How Not to Fight Modern-Day Slavery. The article is in response to a Bill being proposed by Senator Josh Hawley. Not sure if I agree with Tyler Cowen's position because it seems to be "Slavery - what are you going to do?" with hands throw up in the air. Then again I'm also unsure of the unintended consequences of Senator Hawley's bill.

What I'd suggest is simple and straightforward. The United States demands that the United Nations require nations to make slavery illegal within their nation's borders. If the nation does not comply then that nation is removed from the UN. If the UN fails to comply with this requirement then the US leaves the UN. Either nations  that continue to allow slavery are forced to leave the UN or the United States leaves the UN. Either outcome is OK by me.

As Americans can't we all agree that the US should not be in any organization that allows member nations to support slavery? In modern times shouldn't this be an acceptable baseline among civilized nations?

It should also be pointed out that in 1865 when Congress officially voted to end slavery in the US the vote tally was 119 "yea" and 56 "nay" with 8 Congressmen not voting. Every Republican Congressman voted to end slavery (along with 16 Democrats). All of the "nay" votes and all of the not voting Congressmen (the voting "Present" of the day) were Democrats.

Linky Links

Stuff I found interesting or amusing and thought I'd share.

- All US companies should make this a strict policy. Wells Fargo orders employees to remove TikTok from work phones.

- This seems hypocritical from Coke and Nike

- A Special Forces soldier's case for leaving Afghanistan. I honestly don't know what we should do in Afghanistan.

- 25-years after returning to Yellowstone, wolves have helped stabilize the ecosystem

- The modern "No Shirt - No Service" sign

- This is real. Productive meeting are tough enough. Now imagine if you require they start on time and stick to an agenda that you could be reported as a racist. Source, 

Slavery

On this date in 1865 the Congress voted to end slavery. The vote was 119 "yea" and 56 "nay" with 8 Congressmen not voting. It should be noted that every Republican Congressman voted to end slavery (along with 16 Democrats). All of the 56 "nay" votes and all of the not voting (the voting "present" of the day) came from the Democrats.

Just something to keep in mind when you hear the Republicans are the "racist" party.

Sold Down the River

Sold Me Down the River is a song by the 80's band The Alarm. 

Before we had the phrase "thrown under the bus" - many people used to say "sold him down the river." What most people fail to realize is that the phrase "sold him down the river" has its roots (no pun intended) in slavery. Oftentimes a slave owner would break up a black family by selling a member "down the river" to a larger plantation. In its original form the phrase meant the awful betrayal of an innocent. I listen to that song by The Alarm and I think of this and the song just becomes all that much confusing for me. Or maybe the song fits? Sometimes I way over think things.

Heroes Who Walk the Earth

Abdullah Shrim has helped free hundreds held by ISIS. You can't help but be full of admiration for this man. A man who risks his life doing what he think is right and what his conscience tells him he MUST do.

"But I think my life is worth nothing compared to a tear from the eye of a 12-year-old girl who has been raped." - Abdullah Shrim

ISIS must and will be destroyed. Our nation also must re-evaluate our relationship with Turkey who either is turning a blind eye to this human slavery or is assisting it.

The United States should be helping people like Abdullah Shrim. And our help MUST be much more tangible than pathetically frowning and holding signs.

Slavery

On this date in 1865 the Congress voted to end slavery. The vote was 119 "yea" and 56 "nay" with 8 Congressmen not voting. It should be noted that every Republican Congressman voted to end slavery (along with 16 Democrats). All of the 56 "nay" votes and all of the not voting (the voting "present" of the day) came from the Democrats.

Just something to keep in mind when you hear the Republicans are the "racist" party.

Linky Links

Stuff I found interesting or amusing and thought I'd share.

- The rise and fall of Gerd Bonk, the world champion of doping. It is uncanny how Russia under Putin seems to be replicating the doping deeds of East Germany.

- Sad but true - slavery in the modern world is alive and thriving. Roughly 46 million people worldwide are being forced to live as slaves.

- Mystery object beyond Neptune in strange orbit cannot be explained. There is so much we don't know about the outer solar system.

- Nice scouting report on Red Sox outfielder Andrew Benintendi. With Benintendi, Mookie Betts and Jackie Bradley Jr. - the Red Sox have the best young outfield and maybe the best outfield period in baseball.

- You will see lots of these types of political ads over the next few years. And those who support Trump will get what they deserve.

Slavery

On this date in 1865 the Congress voted to end slavery. The vote was 119 "yea" and 56 "nay" with 8 Congressmen not voting. It should be noted that every Republican Congressman voted to end slavery (along with 16 Democrats). All of the 56 "nay" votes and all of the not voting (the voting "present" of the day) came from the Democrats.

Just something to keep in mind when you hear the Republicans are the "racist" party.

Slavery

On this date in 1865 the Congress voted to end slavery. The vote was 119 "yea" and 56 "nay" with 8 Congressmen not voting. It should be noted that every Republican Congressman voted to end slavery (along with 16 Democrats). All of the 56 "nay" votes and all of the not voting (the voting "present" of the day) came from the Democrats.

Just something to keep in mind when you hear the Republicans are the "racist" party.