Tasha Williams: The Surprisingly Long History of Racial Oppression in Coffee Shops
Centuries before two Black men were arrested at a Philadelphia Starbucks, capitalists met at coffee shops to profit from the transatlantic slave trade. An illustration of Edward Lloyd’s coffee house, … Continue reading
June 9, 2018 · Leave a comment
John Samuel Tieman: Manifest
Downtown there’s this place across from the Old Courthouse just up from the river a fashionable hotel where the best folks disappear into the evening that’s where the slave pen … Continue reading
January 16, 2017 · Leave a comment
