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George Washington Williams, the Congo Genocide and “Crimes Against Humanity”

Posted on June 26, 2020 by toritto

Political cartoon from 1906 showing King Leopold of Belgium entangling the Congolese in rubber coils   So who coined the phrase “Crimes Against Humanity?”  Was it first defined at Nuremberg by the victorious allies?  Or was it used by someone … Continue reading →

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The General, History and Revisionist History

Posted on November 5, 2017 by toritto

Robert E. Lee’s plantation home – Arlington Virginia Ah yes.  There is so much going on here in the United States each day it is almost impossible for an old blogger to keep up.  Trying to write a post on … Continue reading →

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George Washington Williams and the Congo Genocide

Posted on March 31, 2016 by toritto

Political cartoon from 1906 showing King Leopold of Belgium entangling the Congolese in rubber coils   “At the very beginning of the twentieth century there was an unquenchable demand in America and Europe for an amazing new technology—air-filled rubber tires. … Continue reading →

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Immokalee and the Fight for a Penny a Pound

Posted on August 15, 2015 by toritto

In the southern part of Florida, maybe 30 or 35 miles from the money towns of Naples and Marco Island, sits another town, along “Alligator Alley”, where I-75, running south along the Gulf coast  turns left and makes a bee … Continue reading →

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Mum Bett and Abolition in Massachusetts

Posted on February 2, 2015 by toritto

“anytime while I was a slave, if one minute’s freedom had been offered to me, and I had been told I must die at the end of that minute, I would have taken it—just to stand one minute on God’s … Continue reading →

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