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Slavery existed in Illinois, but schools don’t always teach that history
- yeahThatsRight 6y agoThink about slavery and get mad, folks.
- pyuser583 6y agoIt sounds strange that slavery exists in Illinois, but if you visit Carbondale, it makes sense. Southern Illinois is rural, agrarian, and southern. The Mason-Dixon Line goes straight through Springfield. Illinois is both a northern and southern state. The problem is that people confuse Illinois and Chicago.
- OldHand2018 6y agoIf you'd like a more detailed analysis rather than a short Q&A, this would be useful https://dash.harvard.edu/handle/1/42004076 https://dash.harvard.edu/handle/1/42004076 EDIT: Not same author
- jpster 6y agoWe know so little about slavery and the Black experience in the US. Like the nation is too ashamed to teach it. This is another shocking account: https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/437573/blacks-were-enslaved-well-into-the-1960s https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/437573/blacks-were-enslav...