Consisting of the decades before the Civil War, the Antebellum Era was a complicated time period in American history largely defined by brutal slavery in the South.The Antebellum Period was a time of tremendous economic growth in America thanks to the agricultural dominance in the South and the textile booms in the North. But this wealth was largely powered by the suffering of millions of enslaved African Americans who endured torture at the hands of white slaveholders, especially in the Deep South. Read More...
Conservationists in Edinburgh and Cambodia have discovered a startling loophole for illegal traders under pressure of ivory bans.Center for Conservation Biology/University of WashingtonTusks from an ivory seizure in 2015 after they were sorted into pairs by the process developed by Samuel Wasser and his team.
In an effort to thwart ivory poachers and protect endangered elephant populations, conservationists in Edinburgh, Scotland and Cambodia have instituted a DNA testing practice to track the trade and sale of elephant tusks. Read More...
Batavia thrived as the spice market at the center of Dutch East India company — at the expense of its native population.Wikimedia CommonsThe Dutch controlled Batavia, in present day Indonesia, from 1619 to 1942.
Today, Batavia is no more. This former Dutch colony in Indonesia exists only in glimmers on the streets of Jakarta. But those glimmers, however faint, tell a story of immense wealth and horrific violence. Established by the Dutch in 1619, Batavia rapidly became the heart of the Dutch East Indies. Read More...
