The Study of Racialism

zsana · Moderator Joined: 05 Feb 2005 {Posts: 1016 }

Afternoon all,

Found an online photo-exhibit that I wanted to share.

Small sections of the site refer to the one-drop rule issue.

The photographs are haunting and breathtaking. I really got a feel for what life must have been like in those days.

What a blessing to be alive today...

Felicia

http://www.common-place.org/vol-02/no-02/fried/fried-4.shtml

"Photographs like this can teach us about the fundamental ambiguity of race: it is conventional, not a natural category, but once convention gives race a social reality, race can make a terrible difference."

P.S.

More images can be found at

http://www.burrowsweb.com/MOR/index.html

Powell · Guru Joined: 27 Nov 2004 {Posts: 2179 }

If you REALLY want to know everything about white slaves in the antebellum United States, read this book:

The Forgotten Cause of the Civil War: A New Look at the Slavery Issue
by Lawrence R. Tenzer

http://www.multiracial.com/readers/tenzer3.html

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0962834815/qid=1112650610/sr=1-1/ref=sr_1_1/002-1645225-8572858?v=glance&s=books

http://www.interracialvoice.com/powell9.html

http://www.interracialvoice.com/powell12.html

zsana · Moderator Joined: 05 Feb 2005 {Posts: 1016 }

A.D.

I purchased that book from Frank a few years ago.

It was excellent. I plan on buying your new book as well.

I really hope it's a success. Regardless, it sure needed to be written...

Felicia