SEA-Change Topic Archive

Explore how colonial slavery was a deliberate choice, not an inevitability. Acknowledge history’s injustices and strive for a future of dignity and equality.

Larry Kenneth Alexander reveals how the 1660s established hereditary slavery in America, transforming society and embedding systemic injustice for centuries.

Discover how colonial elites in the 1660s transformed African laborers into lifelong slaves, creating systemic racism and bypassing legal norms for profit.

Explore how Virginia’s 1662 law institutionalized hereditary slavery, perpetuating systemic oppression and creating a self-replenishing labor force.

Uncover the truth about slavery’s origins in colonial America and the contradictions between the nation’s founding ideals and systemic inequality. Explore 1619, resilience, and the fight for true equality.

Jefferson understood a harsh truth: the continuation of slavery in the colonies after declaring independence was irreconcilable with English law.

Examine how slavery shaped America’s founding documents, including the Declaration of Independence, and the compromises made to preserve unity.

Explore the historical significance of the Book of Negroes, a registry documenting 3,000 Black Englishmen evacuated after the American Revolution, and its role in the fight for liberty and justice.

Discover England’s rich history of diversity and its foundational commitment to liberty under English law. Learn how this history challenges myths of racial homogeneity.