Roger David Hardesty

No Account For It

While drafting the post Half-white Slaves of Aristocratic Masters at my blog, I acknowledged that Edward Ball, in his text, The Sweet Hell Inside: The Rise of an Elite Black Family in…

Roger David HardestyJune 19, 2016

Slavery & Its Legacies

Anthony Anaxagorou, a surprisingly erudite, young scholar, 'schools us' in a broader appreciation of what shapes belief structures we circulate blithely as cultural currency. Watch what he has to say on the evolution…

Roger David HardestyOctober 1, 2014

Linked Descendants

Discovering Table Manners

Thank you for the admonition, Prinny. (See her post, You Discovered a Slave Owner in Your Family Tree? here.) Granted, it was at Race Talks, an ongoing community forum in…

Roger David HardestyMay 14, 2014

No Account For It

It’s NOT All Greek to Me

Discovering Table Manners