Purpose Lest We Forget Black Holocaust Slavery Museum & Traveling Exhibit is committed to ensuring the legacy of Slavery be told, “Lest We Forget” Our Mission To increase awareness of the impact of the Trans-Atlantic slave trade. Our Vision “For every child to channel the strength and perseverance of our ancestors and exemplify the legacy [...]
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“Lest We Forget” – Black Holocaust Museum is home to the private Ragsdale collection of slavery artifacts and Jim Crow memorabilia owned by J. Justin & Gwen Ragsdale. The exhibit includes authentic slave shackles, chains, whips, branding irons and other items that were used for human bondage and punishment. It also includes numerous objects from [...]
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Lest We Forget Slavery Museum A Private Collection of Slavery Artifacts, Historical Slavery Documents & Jim Crow Objects The “Lest We Forget” collection and presentation provides an opportunity to examine and explore the factual aspects of the African American Slave Trade experience. It offers a hands-on approach to teaching an appalling period in American history. [...]
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My Slave Sister Myself Documentary My Slave Sister Myself is a gripping, documentary film about the Transatlantic Slave Trade, its effect on enslaved Africans and its lasting impact on African Americans today. First person narratives describe slave women’s traumatic experiences and draw a parallel between feelings deeply embedded in the souls of today’s black [...]
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Violence in African American communities is at an all time high. During slavery, African Americans also suffered from terrible violence, so WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE? Violence then was at the the hands of OTHERS, violence today it is at the hands of BROTHERS. This stunning reversal is a vestige of slavery that demonstrates how [...]
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The Forgotten Stories of Post-Civil War Slavery The Re-Enslavement of Black Americans from the Civil War to World War II In this groundbreaking historical expose, Douglas A. Blackmon brings to light one of the most shameful chapters in American history—an “Age of Neoslavery” that thrived from the aftermath of the Civil War through the dawn [...]
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Under Jim Crow laws, black Americans were relegated to a subordinate status for decades. Things like literacy tests for voters and laws designed to prevent blacks from serving on juries were commonplace in nearly a dozen Southern states. In her book The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness, legal scholar Michelle [...]
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This photograph was taken in 1862, Cumberland, Virginia just prior to the signing of the Emancipation Proclamation (1863) which abolished slavery. The photo makes you wonder “Who are these people?” “How did they live?” “What happened after they were freed?” “Did they go to the North or to the West?” “Or did they stay in [...]
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During the late 1800’s many abandoned ships that had lost their spars and rigging often rested along the wharfs of lower Manhattan. This rare photo of a three-mast merchant vessel was shot Nov. 4, 1860 as it tossed and bucked at her mooring lines on the harbor’s restless water. Witnesses in near proximity reportedly said [...]
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