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William Zinsser • Writing to Learn
The export of tribesmen was finally outlawed by the Philippine Assembly in 1914 when it passed a comprehensive anti-slavery law. With that, the concept of human zoos largely faded from public consciousness.
FilipiKnow in History • The Haunting Story of Filipinos Locked in a ‘Human Zoo’
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But the zoo quickly came to be seen as shameful, and something Americans didn't want to remember, that people were exhibited in this manner, so it was forgotten.
Linda Qiu National Geographic Published • Tribal Headhunters on Coney Island? Author Revisits Disturbing American Tale
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In late July 1906, a couple of months after their contracts with Hunt expired, the government stepped in and sent home all of the Filipinos—except five who stayed on as witnesses in Hunt's trial. The court cases dragged on. Five Filipino witnesses were kept in America until March 1907. On March 20, they too returned to the Philippines.
Linda Qiu National Geographic Published • Tribal Headhunters on Coney Island? Author Revisits Disturbing American Tale
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Faced with a name like the Terrible Twenties, many people might point out that humans today are in some ways far better off than they’ve ever been: life expectancies are up, on the whole, compared with a century ago (though they dipped during the pandemic); extreme poverty has sharply declined. It seems possible, though, that both interpretations a
... See moreKyle Chayka • The Terrible Twenties? The Assholocene? What to Call Our Chaotic Era
it doesnt help that the interconnected nature of society is constantly serving reminders of the tragic, the inequities and the many things happening to us that remain beyond our control. the quality of life baseline may be higher today, but what a life of quality is remains as far from our collective grasp as ever.
In 1904, two years after America’s victory in the Philippine-American War, the United States government tried to put the best face on its colonization of the archipelago of more than 7,000 islands. Thirteen hundred Filipinos from a dozen tribes were put on display at the St. Louis Exposition, in replicas of their home villages,
Robin Hemley • Claire Prentice’s ‘Lost Tribe of Coney Island’
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In 1911, despite vociferous opposition from Bontoc tribal elders and officials of nearby towns, Schneidewind was permitted to take a group of 55 Igorrotes to Europe, where they exhibited in France, Scotland, England, the Netherlands and Belgium.
Smithsonian Magazine • The Igorrote Tribe Traveled the World for Show And Made These Two Men Rich
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Finally, in October 1906, he was arrested on multiple charges of stealing from the Igorrotes and sentenced for 18 months in the workhouse after a sensational trial in Memphis.
Smithsonian Magazine • The Igorrote Tribe Traveled the World for Show And Made These Two Men Rich
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in trying to figure out the brain, the obstacle is that we have no finer instrument than the brain itself for the purpose. The greatest hindrance to objective knowledge is our own subjective presence