Pharaohs in Dixieland – how 19th-century America reimagined Egypt to justify racism and slavery

There was a reason Southern businessmen and thinkers were inspired by ancient Egypt: To them, it served as proof that all ...
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Reparations for Slavery in Egypt? It’s No Joke

Leo Gordon’s tongue-in-cheek letter about reparations owed to the Jews for their Egyptian enslavement (April 30) reminds me of a story in the Talmud’s Tractate Sanhedrin. The Egyptians were claiming ...