Skip to content Using Gmail with screen readers 4 of 19,095 Erasing the record -america at 250 Inbox Mona Austin < monasnewsslice@gmail.com > Jun 20, 2026, 10:34 PM (2 hours ago) to me Erasing the Record: How Political Pressure Is Reshaping America's Telling of Slavery History 250 Years Later A research compilation # The Dual Record: Documented History Versus the Politics of Erasure For nearly two and a half centuries, two versions of American history have existed side by side: the version written into law, statute, and the physical record — and the version permitted to be taught. The gap between them is not new, but it is widening again, and the documented past offers a clear corrective to the narrowing now underway. ## What the Founding Documents Actually Say The Declaration of Independence's promise that all men are created equal was never meant, in practice, to include the enslaved. Jefferson's original draft condemned the slave trade; the Continent...
