The Overlooked History of Black Slave Owners in the United States

 

There were Black slave owners during slavery in America.

THE BLACK SLAVE OWNERS

The majority of Black slave owners were members of the mulatto class and, in some cases, were the sons and daughters of white slave masters. Many of the mulatto slave owners separated themselves from the masses of Black people and attempted to establish a caste system based on colour, wealth, and free status.

 

According to Martin Delany, the colored community of Charleston City clung to the assumptions of the superiority of white blood and brown skin complexion. 

Cicely Tyson, Harriet Tubman, and the Legacy of A Woman Called Moses

Cicely Tyson

Slavery was officially abolished in the United States in 1865. Since then, there have been a number of interesting films depicting the horrors of slavery. One such film, "A Woman Called Moses," starring African-American Cicely Tyson, directed by Paul Wendkos, was released in 1978.

In this film, Cicely Tyson played the role of real-life escaped slave Harriet Tubman. At the risk of recapture, Tubman helped organize the Underground Railroad, which enabled hundreds of enslaved African Americans to make their way to the freedom of the Northern states.