March 16, 2019 Fantastic Facts

One of the reasons tipping spread in the U.S. was because restaurant owners refused to pay black Americans after the 15th amendment.

March 4, 2019 Fantastic Facts

Only 388k slaves out of a total 12.5 million that crossed the Atlantic were sold in the US. The rest (10.7 million) went to Mexico and South America.

February 25, 2019 Fantastic Facts

In 2015, Prince voiced his dislike of record labels saying “Record contracts are just like — I’m gonna say the word – slavery.” He concluded “I would tell any young artist … don’t sign.” At the time he advocated seeing artists paid directly from streaming services, cutting out middlemen.