#SLAVE

Great House

xspotsdamark

In June of 1730, African captives aboard the Slave Ship Little George, freed themselves from their shackles, overpowered the captors, seized control of the ship & successfully sailed it back

Tansy Blue #BlackLivesMatter

TansyBlue

The more I think about it the more angry I am that we are taught history as a series of politicians starting wars and kings beheading wives. There are SO

Hercule Poirot

Melchizedek121

A subscriber posted this on Lucianne and I thought it worth sharing.I was hopeful up until last night when the news broke. I’m almost at the point of despair this

Samantha Pritchard

thucydiplease

2000 was the first time in the modern VRA era that the white vote lost to the total vote—and the white vote still triumphed through a coup. This was the

Marlene Daut

FictionsofHaiti

I visited for the first time today UVA's new monument to the enslaved laborers who built the university, which was completed in spring 2020: Etched on these walls are the

Jason Okundaye

jasebyjason

There’s actually something to be said for how white people think of antisemitism as a proxy for “anti-white racism” - antisemitism is poisonous because it claims to be located in

Deven Morgan

devenmorgan

If you allow yourself to become a slave to the need to win in youth baseball then your entire approach training & competition will be perverted by that desire.Kids don’t

Sunder Katwala

sundersays

I am sceptical about the #closetheschools argument. There is at least one significant practical and ethical difference between how to manage/mitigate the economic consequences and educational consequences of a lockdown

Timothy Burke

swarthmoreburke

Oh, don't stop there, Tom Cotton. If you're going to call slavery a "necessary evil" that gave rise to American liberties, why not call the Holocaust a necessary evil that

Larry Schweikart

LarrySchweikart

1) Thoughts on secession.2) Before 1861, the Federalists in 1814 briefly toyed with seceding from the Union over the War of 1812. (They were strongly pro-Brit). It fizzled.3) As everyone

Success Theory

MySuccessTheory

3 common misconceptions that people have about StoicismThe Stoics are:1) Emotionless 2) Disconnected 3) Apathetic If you think this, here is why you are wrongAnd Why Marcus Aurelius, Seneca, and

Esha K.

eshaLegal

I am really not trying to embarrass @theserfstv here. But, yesterday, when I asked them about a citation on Chinese imperialism, this was one of the articles they cited. The

The Young Hustler

AYoungHustler

At some point in your life,You may find that you’re just.. different.You don’t really relate to the people around you.You don’t desire the same things they desire.You may even feel

Taylor Brown

taylorsbrown

Grant’s legacy toward Native Americans actually started out somewhat progressively for his era. He appointed Ely Parker (one of his most trusted adjutants in the war) as the first Native

Q. Anthony (FKA Andray Domise)

andraydomise

There's something just so...off about Black people needing to see themselves in British aristocracy at the era approaching the nadir of the slave trade.We pass over our own stories to

luci 😈

wolfpapaluci

Black Marxism is a term that people use on here as if it describes a Marxist tendency like Leninism or Maoism but “Black Marxism” the text does not posit any

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