Comments on: Meet Edith and Fanny, Thomas Jefferson’s Enslaved Master Chefs http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/food/2012/07/meet-edith-and-fanny-thomas-jeffersons-enslaved-master-chefs/ A Heaping Helping of Food News, Science and Culture Wed, 15 May 2013 14:48:35 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4 By: BigEater http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/food/2012/07/meet-edith-and-fanny-thomas-jeffersons-enslaved-master-chefs/comment-page-1/#comment-15367 BigEater Tue, 17 Jul 2012 01:57:17 +0000 http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/food/?p=12301#comment-15367 Typical. The sad thing is that it's still going on today with white cookbook authors trying to lay claim to "Southern" food as if they had anything to do with it. Apologies and reparations for this kind of treatment are long overdue to our black brothers and sisters. Typical. The sad thing is that it’s still going on today with white cookbook authors trying to lay claim to “Southern” food as if they had anything to do with it. Apologies and reparations for this kind of treatment are long overdue to our black brothers and sisters.

]]> By: Claribette Del Rosario http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/food/2012/07/meet-edith-and-fanny-thomas-jeffersons-enslaved-master-chefs/comment-page-1/#comment-15366 Claribette Del Rosario Mon, 16 Jul 2012 16:36:00 +0000 http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/food/?p=12301#comment-15366 July 16, 2012 Dear Jesse Jones, There are more slaves today than at any other time in history- 27 million to be exact- and they're working for you. The non-profit organization Slavery Footprint has developed an award-winning website that helps consumers visualize their connection to modern-day slavery. Through rigorous research, we have able to calculate the number of forced laborers it takes to make some of the products you use daily, such as cast iron skillets (1.1) blenders (2.8), and kitchen knives (1.6). We are reaching out to you today because you and your readership have incredible influence in the marketplace.This power includes the ability to create the demand for goods made without slave labor. I encourage you to take a look at the attached press kit for more information about Slavery Footprint and the different ways you can take action. Please let me know if you have any questions. Sincerely, Claribette Del Rosario Social Media Intern Slavery Footprint/Made In A Free World Slaveryfootprint.org July 16, 2012

Dear Jesse Jones,

There are more slaves today than at any other time in history- 27 million to be exact- and they’re working for you.

The non-profit organization Slavery Footprint has developed an award-winning website that helps consumers visualize their connection to modern-day slavery. Through rigorous research, we have able to calculate the number of forced laborers it takes to make some of the products you use daily, such as cast iron skillets (1.1) blenders (2.8), and kitchen knives (1.6).

We are reaching out to you today because you and your readership have incredible influence in the marketplace.This power includes the ability to create the demand for goods made without slave labor.

I encourage you to take a look at the attached press kit for more information about Slavery Footprint and the different ways you can take action. Please let me know if you have any questions.

Sincerely,
Claribette Del Rosario
Social Media Intern
Slavery Footprint/Made In A Free World
Slaveryfootprint.org

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