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A Few Photos To Help You Scratch That Nostalgic Itch

In the computer lab of every 90s elementary school, there was one piece of software that transcended time, transcended geography, and probably taught us more about life than any other piece of clunky early ‘edutainment’ software: The Oregon Trail.

You’d click through that gray-blue screen, choose your character’s occupation (banker, carpenter, or farmer—everyone knew being a banker was cheating), and suddenly, you were no longer a kid in some fluorescent-lit classroom.

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The Historical Documents That Shaped the World

Copy of original bill of sale for slaves, in Charleston, South Carolina 1833

This document is a bill of sale from Charleston, South Carolina, dated 1833—a grim artifact from an era when human beings were treated as property, listed alongside livestock and equipment.

It’s not just a piece of paper; it’s a testament to a system that commodified people, reducing their lives, skills, and families to cold, transactional language.

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