Revival History

Slave Breeding in the US: How Enslaved Africans were Bred Like Livestock in the 19th Century Slave breeding was a practice that occurred in the antebellum United States, in which slave owners would breed enslaved Africans for the purpose of increasing their economic value as property. This practice had significant implications for the black race, as it served to perpetuate the institution of slavery and perpetuated the idea that black Africans were inferior and subhuman. The couple of years following the prohibition of slave importation into the US was an era of slave farming. After 1808, slave labor was a scarce commodity in the United States. It was a period that heralded the collapse of a highly lucrative business where the stock traded were humans whose lives were as perishable as autumn leaves. But the slave owners were good businessmen. They knew that no business survives with borders closed on supplies. These slavepreneurs did what every good business man would do, they found an...

When the transatlantic slave trade was outlawed, many plantation owners in America turned to breeding farms as their alternative. Since it was illegal to import new enslaved Africans, there was nothing unlawful about forcing enslaved men and women to reproduce, often through coercion, abuse, and violence. In this way, the institution of slavery perpetuated itself, dehumanizing entire generations and reducing people to nothing more than property. This history sheds light on why so many African American families do not openly discuss their ancestry or lineage. The legacy of breeding farms is not just a painful memory—it is a deeply stigmatized one. To recite one’s family history beyond a few generations often meant revisiting stories of violation, separation, and humiliation. For many, the safest option was silence. Over time, that silence created gaps, leaving descendants unable to trace their family line beyond their great-grandparents or great-great-grandparents. The inability to reci...

They called it “contract labor”… but for thousands, it was slavery under another name. After slavery was abolished, colonial powers transported workers from India, Java, and China to plantations across the empire — trapping them in a brutal system of debt, punishment, and forced obedience. 🔗 The infamous Penal Sanction gave plantation owners the power to criminally punish workers for “misconduct.” Trying to escape, refusing to work, or protesting horrific conditions could lead to imprisonment, fines, or physical abuse. ⚠️ In colonial archives, these workers were often labeled as “coolies” — a term historians now recognize as deeply racist and dehumanizing, designed to normalize exploitation. For decades, history was written by those in power. Now, the forgotten voices are finally being heard. 📖 Recommended reading: We Are Here Because of You by Ragna Indra explores the hidden history of Hindustani contract laborers and the colonial systems that shaped their lives.

Slavery at the Cape🦉 The slave society that developed at the Cape was remarkably diverse. Unlike many slave societies that drew enslaved people from a single region, the Cape received slaves from Africa, the Indian subcontinent and the Dutch East Indies. As a result, the colony became a multilingual and multicultural society in which people from many different backgrounds lived and worked together under slavery. Cape slaves were owned by three main groups. The first were Company slaves, who belonged to the Dutch East India Company. They were employed in public works, agriculture, construction and other Company activities. Freedom was rarely granted to these slaves. According to historical research, only a small number were manumitted during the VOC period, with most of those who gained their freedom having been born at the Cape. The second group consisted of slaves owned privately by senior VOC officials. These slaves generally performed domestic, agricultural and skilled labour. The ...

THE IMPACT OF MUGHAL RULE IN INDIAN KHALID UMAR 5- THE REALITY OF THE SUFI ISLAM Popular media (Bollywood movies, music) promotes Sufism as a spiritual, peaceful, mystical brand of Islam. Is it really so? I always thought that if that is the case why SUFI SAINTS had deep connection with the KINGS. Why were they in cahoots with the rulers? Was not it a typical Church and State relationship or something more sinister than that? How peace and aggression can be partners? Two of the most respected Sufis shrines in India are Nizamuddin Auliya (Delhi) and Moinuddin Chishti (Ajmer) and in Pakistan they are Syed Ali Hajweri aka Data Ganj Bakhsh (Lahore) and Baba Farid Ganjshaker (Pakpattan). All of them had connections with the invaders.  SUFI SAINTS TIME-LINE The Time-Line of Muslim Sufi saints coincides with the advent of militant excursions on INDIA. Mahmud Ghaznavi conquered Lahore in 1024 and made it its Eastern capital. In 1025-26 he raided Somnath. In 1039, Ali Hajweri (called Data G...

"Inside The Most Horrific Slavery Breeding Farms of Cotton Plantations In the early 17th century the first African slaves were brought to the shores of North America marking the beginning of a dark chapter in the nation's history the transatlantic slave trade which had begun in the late 15th century saw an estimated 12.5 million Africans forcibly transported across the Atlantic between 1525 and 1866 with around 10.7 million surviving the brutal Journey this human cargo torn from their homes and families would become the backbone of the American economy for Generations. In 1619 the first recorded African slaves numbering around 20 arrived in Point Comfort Virginia aboard a Dutch ship this event though small in scale set the stage for the systematic enslavement of Africans in the American colonies as the Ganan scholar and poet aaia poignantly observed ""the story of the African in the Americas begins with with a river of tears and a trail of blood"" the emerg...