#Slavery

abolitionism = spicy reformism

no_slave_coasts

louisiana governor john bel edwards, by the way, comes from a long line of sheriffs in tangipahoa parish, which had the highest rate of lynchings of any parish in the

Dan Hicks

profdanhicks

Anyone else tuning in to @AWMurrison's attack on the @nationaltrust in the Westminster Hall debate he has convened (begins at 16.02)? A very good intervention by @KevinBrennanMP questioning a "witch

Brett Spangler

MOTIVnation

The “confederate flag” was manufactured in the 20th century by bigots in response to the civil rights movement. The confederacy was created in the 19th century by bigots in response

Charles Bowery Jr.

cmhexecdir

In order to remain a #PeopleFirst Army, we must be honest about our past, understanding and reckoning with moments that have held us back. Changing posts named for Confederate leaders,

Keri Leigh Merritt, Ph.D.

KeriLeighMerrit

I have so much to do today but if I could I'd write an op-ed on the ways slaveholders & the #Confederacy kept poor whites uneducated, illiterate, & ignorant of

John Edwin Mason

johnedwinmason

I think this is right. But @MagnumPhotos should do more than examine its archive. It should look at how its very creation was made possible by imperialism, patriarchy, & white

Elizabeth Arnold

Ebetharama

I'd like to use this Very Dumb tweet to tell a story about Why I Love History. I didn't like it at all in high school, but devoted much of

Edward Gillin

edward_gillin

Punch’s depiction of the Uganda Railway, from Lake Victoria to Mombasa. This from 1893 (preceding the railway’s establishment by two years) in the same year that Henry Stanley called for

H.K. Belvedere

HKBelvedere

The Magna Carta was the first ever document in human history that granted individual sovereignty to non royal or nobility members. It was a Royal Charter that was signed in

Alan Cross

AlanLCross

Calls for racial justice arising for and out of the Black community have always been labeled Marxism and Socialism. North Carolina Rep. Abraham Venable in July 1848, during a debate

Seerut K. Chawla

seerutkchawla

The woke call the tools of science, reason, rationalism, epistemological rigour & logic- the ‘master’s tools’. They say that the ‘master’s tools’ cannot ‘dismantle the master’s house’- based on the

Steve Inskeep

NPRinskeep

Internal @NPR email: "Next year, in 2021, Juneteenth will be an official NPR paid holiday." This is a really meaningful act by my @NPR colleagues. When people built Confederate statues,

Aldous Huxley's Ghost™

AF632

Ulysses S. Grant, Commanding General of the Union Army that fought and defeated the Confederacy. 18th President of the United States of America. Created the Department of Justice, and prosecuted

Ellie Reed

esreed

Yeah yeah I wrote a thread. SO. In 2011, I was lucky enough to get to travel to Berlin and Munich with a friend. I had never been to Germany,

John Neiman

AlabamAppeals

Listened to Nestle #SCOTUS argument over last few days. Thought all counsel did well. Remain perplexed at the dunking on @neal_katyal, like @pareene article below from today. A few thoughts

Caitlin G DeAngelis

cgdhopkins

Larry Bacow just sent out this "I believe" email about loving the American Dream or whatever that doesn't make any mention of the ways that Harvard has specifically profited from

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