389 Years Ago...

[caduceus111]

From: http://www.wallstats.com/blog/389-years-ago/

[Gasping4Truth]

1. WOW

It's been a long long struggle ...

I love how the typeface carries the message.

:applause:

[Youphemism]

2. 20 years ago, desktop publishing font standards were established...

Not to trivialize the importance of the topics addressed in this fine document, but come on. Someone needs to work on presentation here. It makes a difference when you're trying to make a point.

[Ozma]

8. I had not a single problem reading the document. Did you?

It's written in English, with appropriate dates, facts, easy to understand, reads like a time line. Succinct, to the point, uses real names and places. What's the problem?

[baldguy]

9. Think of it as poetry.

[democrat2thecore]

17. I thought of it much the same - as art. I thought it was well done! -nt

[Lochloosa]

22. ...

:rofl:

Fuck you.

[WeDidIt]

3. Fifth Rec.

[texpatriot2004]

4. Thanks for the history lesson nm

[No Elephants]

5. Did people bring their own slaves here with them, even before a slave ship arrived?

[1corona4u]

6. I thought Africa sold their people to the US, and other countries?

I guess if people from other countries had them, they brought them here as well....

[Ozma]

7. 2008 les 389 brings us back to.....1619....a little history....

There were slaves in the caribbean before the Pilgrims landed in Plymouth.
Why?
To supply Europeans with sugar and rum from plantations.

[Nevernose]

26. And there were several thousand slaves in London.

The British, in fact, were late to the party, since the first European to engage in the slave trade was Portuguese in the late 1400s.

I've been toying with a theory for several years that Shakespeare's company employed at least one African, since there are several plays that feature black Africans (e.g., Othello, Measure for Measure, Merchant of Venice).

[pokerfan]

11. 1619 is the accepted date

The first record of African slavery in Colonial America occurred in 1619. A Dutch ship, the White Lion, had captured 20 enslaved Africans in a battle with a Spanish ship bound for Mexico.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slavery_in_the_United_States#Colonial_America

This jibes with the 389 year figure.

[Name removed]

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[rvablue]

12. nice to negatively disrupt this failry poignant post. n/t

[RepublicanElephant]

14. wow, ALL OF THEM?!

now that's what i call a consensus!
:eyes:

[Nia Zuri]

21. get lost

[tekisui]

24. You are letting your true motives show.

[texpatriot2004]

13. kick nm

[RepublicanElephant]

15. thanks, caduceus111!!! this goes on the wall as a poster! nt

[BumRushDaShow]

16. Actually, Max Robinson was a co-anchor on ABC World News Tonight in 1978

which would be 30 years ago. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_Robinson

Not to diminish Gumbel's stint. ;)

[bigwillq]

18. Awesome graphic!

:bounce: Thanks for posting.

[Bucky]

19. Bryant Gumble was a news anchor? I thought he just did morning shows.

Great post by the way. A very real eye opener.

[Motown_Johnny]

20. it's a start

[Lochloosa]

23. 67 post in 4 years. I'm impressed.

With the post that is. Wow.

It's going to make a great email to some "friends"

:toast:

[texpatriot2004]

25. Slavery abolished 143 years ago when the civil war was over. nt

[SarahB]

27. That gives me shivers.

Edit:

Too late to recommend (missed it), but I wish I could. :(