Tag: black lives matter

• ARTIST: Jean-Leon Gerome

    “It is one of these [more expensive] women, an Abyssinian, that M. Gérôme has taken as the principal figure of his composition. She is nude and being displayed by the djellab, who has the fine head of a brigand accustomed to every sort of abduction and violence; the idea of the eternal soul must…

  Adrienne Morris

  September 18, 2016

  Art, Uncategorized

  arab slave trade, black lives matter, modern slavery, nude woman, roman slave trade, slavery

• “Sympathy is no substitute for action.” David Livingstone

  Not every tenement dweller can become the David Livingstone of his generation, but what if that was put forth as the goal? In terms of disease, sanitation and real poverty 19th century tenements were far worse than the modern versions in most western nations today. I wonder if the attitude was better then or was…

  Adrienne Morris

  May 10, 2016

  19th Century Art, inspirational, men, Uncategorized

  black lives matter, Christianity, Civil War Heroes, exploring Africa, heroes, Stanley and Livingstone, victoria falls, white privilege

• The Astonishing Facts about Slavery

    Slavery is about power not race . . . BLACKS OWNING BLACKS: We’ve all heard that warring African tribes sold their prisoners into slavery (for much of history it was to  Muslim slave traders), but just like their white counterparts some free black Americans had slaves. “Owning slaves offered the opportunity for economic advancement…

  Adrienne Morris

  January 13, 2016

  Uncategorized

  all lives matter, black lives matter, black slave owners, don cheadle, modern slave trade, muslim, native american slave owners, slavery, william wilberforce