#SLAVE

abolitionism = spicy reformism

no_slave_coasts

“William and Harriot Barclay seek compensation for the value of a slave named Derry from the executors of the will of Harriot's late grandfather. http://library.uncg.edu/slavery/petitions/details.aspx?pid=11106 Richard Bradford's

Disciple

DisciplesTweets

I never do this but... extremely long thread:I've been told I've never been judged by my skin color. Ignoring the fact that this statement itself, is a judgement because of

William Clare Roberts

MarxinHell

Sometimes I think that analytical philosophy is intrinsically harmful to political theory. (This is *not* a defense of continental philosophy! I was educated in continental programs, but have pretty decisively

Angry Staff Officer

pptsapper

How the HELL had I never heard of August Bondi, "Enthusiastic Jew & lover of humanity," Austrian, part of the failed '48 revolt in Vienna, settled in Kansas, become a

Viinea (commissions closed)

vii_nea

idk why but hear me outKing of a huge nation, Whitebeard, dividing his lands to his sons. Ace, a prince, owning lands yes? Visiting another country, just on a casual

iida

iidaest

When discussing why 100,000 pandemic deaths are not being publicly mourned or acknowledged, let's think about the culture of public mourning & commemoration in this country. Whose life is of

Trey Ferguson

PastorTrey05

I just read a tweet saying that if we can’t hold Trump accountable we are “going to be vulnerable to tyranny.” …GOING to be?! This nation has a terrible habit

Old Weird Scotland

WeirdScotland

Many Scots, while owning Scotland's role in slavery, still take the stance that "normal" or "working class" Scots got no advantages from the fortunes made with enslaved labour, or any

Michael Harriot

michaelharriot

Whenever we talk about reparations owed for the free labor of enslaved people, someone will inevitably argue how few white people owned slaves. But it's Labor Day, so let me

The Tattooed Trowel

LewisBorck

One of the most important people in North American archaeology was a Black cowboy named George McJunkin, who was born in Texas, enslaved, prior to the end of the Civil

Keri Blakinger

keribla

Just jumping in to say that we still use prisoners as slave labor here in Texas. They work in fields, are not paid, and face punishment if they don't go

Royal Suitor

royal_suitor

“Britain’s treatment of the Windrush generation and attitude to its colonial past means it is struggling to retain the same influence across the African continent as China, a cross-party group

Sen. Lamar Alexander

SenAlexander

To tear down Andrew Jackson’s statue would be a terrible misunderstanding of our nation’s history. Let us recognize that Andrew Jackson was not perfect. In fact, he was at the

Jared Rubin

jaredcrubin

Excited we finally have a draft of this paper, which attempts to provide a 'unifying theory' of the long economic divergence between the Middle East & Western EuropeAs we see

Josh Marshall

joshtpm

Curious how many people caught this reference about people in Georgia who claim "we were here also" and will "take over your farm" under the Democrats. 2/ Confiscations of white

Jed Shugerman

jedshug

The Hawley-Cruz faction & most House GOP are now "Bleeding Kansas" Republicans:I've been thinking about Kansas 1854-59 for a while.Let's be clear about what happens when political parties reject elections

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