Madelyn’s Reviews > Four Hundred Souls: A Community History of African America, 1619-2019 > Status Update
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“In England it had been the custom that Christians could not enslave other Christians…In North America, however, the Anglican lawmakers had a dilemma. What would become of white supremacy and slavery if Christians insisted that they could not enslave other adherents to the faith?”
— Sep 10, 2026 12:30PM
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“The Dred Scott decision not only extended the protections of slavery nationally, but it stripped free Black citizens of free states of their federal citizenship status and rights. And it made whiteness, and white identity, the sine qua non of American national citizenship. This legacy lives with us still.”
— Sep 24, 2026 07:39PM