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Ida Bae Wells

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This is the most pernicious belief about African people who were enslaved. It is, intentionally or not, how we justify the sins of slavery: The belief that Africans had no particular knowledge or skills or value outside of brute labor. It's ahistorical and illogical.

This is the most pernicious belief about African people who were enslaved. It is, intentionally or not, how we justify the sins of slavery: The belief that Africans had no particular knowledge or skills or value outside of brute labor. It's ahistorical and illogical.
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