Companies that benefited from slavery

Finally, Friday! Many of the USA's largest newspaper companies own dailies that were vital to the slave economy. Antebellum-era newspapers ran ads that promised reward money for the capture of escaped slaves, offered slaves for sale or sought slaves for purchase. "Cash for Negroes" proclaimed an 1856 ad in The Sun, today The Baltimore Sun, owned by Tribune Co. "Stop the … [Read more...] about Friday Open Thread: Ripped From Slavery – Modern Corporations Built By Slaves