“In 1858, 75 percent of the North Carolina Mutual Life Insurance policies were written on slaves.” – From, “Medical Apartheid” By: Harriet Washington. So many American corporations were built on the backs of slaves. Tweet
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“In 1858, 75 percent of the North Carolina Mutual Life Insurance policies were written on slaves.” – From, “Medical Apartheid” By: Harriet Washington. So many American corporations were built on the backs of slaves. Tweet
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“Many people assume that belief in the theft of black bodies is paranoia born of a violent racist history. But Jamie Gaines and Sarah Cox know from experience that black cadavers tend to disappear. In January 1998, the sisters frowned as they surveyed the crumbling headstones, trash, and tangled weeds strangling Greenwood, the Birmingham, Alabama, […]
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