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These human beings for sale included not only those eliminated from the soldiering ranks but also “criminals, witches, outcasts, and perhaps, enemies of the chief.” West Africans thus used the slave trade, in part, to eliminate “undesirables” from their own societies.
Alan Mikhail • God's Shadow: Sultan Selim, His Ottoman Empire, and the Making of the Modern World
The 1824 election came down to a contest between a member of the English elite, John Quincy Adams, and a member of the Scots-Irish lower class, Andrew Jackson.
George Friedman • The Storm Before the Calm: America's Discord, the Coming Crisis of the 2020s, and the Triumph Beyond
Introduction to Political Philosophy with Steven B. Smith
Minsuk Kang 강민석 • 5 cards
A key argument in Lincoln’s case against slavery was that it supported an aristocracy determined to undermine America’s promise that “the humblest man [has] an equal chance to get rich with everyone else.”
Charles R. Morris • The Tycoons: How Andrew Carnegie, John D. Rockefeller, Jay Gould, and J. P. Morgan Invented the American Supereconomy
“One political consequence was that black leaders, especially the younger ones, began to question their historic relationship with the Republican Party,” Wallace wrote, “and urban Democrat politicians like [Al] Smith moved to take advantage of this.”
Jon Meacham • The Soul of America: The Battle for Our Better Angels
Patterns of government funding for research make it virtually certain that “Caesar will hear only what is pleasing to Caesar.”