Presenting 'Throughline': The Nostalgia Bone
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Black People and Drapedomania
Drapedomania was created to pathologize black people who sought freedom. The suggested cure, regular whipping. This wasn't the first time that nastaja had been denied from a group of people. In 18 30, when president andrew jackson signed the indian removal act, he said he understood that native americans would be sad to have their lands taken from them but didn't see how it would feel any different than when european settlers chose to move out west.
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