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Aaron Astor
AstorAaron
Just came across a fascinating speech by Stephen Douglas in September 1859 that resonates with and challenges a key argument in the 1619 Project. Douglas argues that one of the
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Zak Ali
_zakali
A brief thread on how slavery was almost abolished in 1790, but was defeated by just 4 votes. Info is from actual historian and author of the Pulitzer Prize winning
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John 3:16 ✝️
Congo_Red_Jr
It's time for this thread NOW!White people were not slave masters. JEWS created & controlled the entire Transatlantic Slave Trade.They perfected their craft in the Barbary Slave Trade where 2,000
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Remington A. Gregg
ragregg
The following is a thread on lesser quoted words of Dr. King and sitting in your discomfort as a white person in America. /1/ Dr. King said, ‘Whites, it must
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Delores Schilling
DelSchilling
Thread...Hitler based Concentration camps & what he called "the Final Solution" on what Andrew Jackson did to Native People.Hitler studied Andrew Jackson - The Indian Removal act - and reservations.
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🏳️🌈 ThatSpiderByte 🏳️⚧️
thatspiderbitc1
https://twitter.com/CaminaDr/status/1360841246684643330 I'm gonna regret this but I'm gonna go through everything wrong with this.First of all, the word libertarian was initially used by anarcho communists and was coopted by right
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Mark Small
marksmall1973
History is our past, sets groundwork for our present and can indicate our future. trump poses a threat to a free society and to World peace. Greater threats to what
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Waleed Shahid
_waleedshahid
In 1856, Congressman Brooks of South Carolina, bashed abolitionist Senator Sumner in the head with a cane after he delivered a speech stating the expansion of slavery was a "crime."After
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Black Dragon Games
BlackDragonCan
This is an interesting question. I see a lot of people mentioning that since war, slavery, classism, ableism, etc. are part of history, it makes sense to have them in
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Politics for Dummies
__POTUK
It’s not a cop out. Brutality/barbarism was the standard for millennia.Slavery was a societal norm & accepted prize of war/conquest, only questioned by few Europeans in the 1700s (Arabs continued
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Natalie Sedacca
nataliesedacca
Thread on why the petition to restore the pre 2012 overseas domestic worker visa by @thevoiceofdws and supported by @Kalayaan is so important to preventing abuse and exploitation, in the
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Nnamdi Nnake
nnamdinnake
The Slavery TriangleHistorically, slavery has been used by conquerors to dominate the conquered. And whilst the effects of the transatlantic slave trade are still felt today, it was by no
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Clint Smith
ClintSmithIII
217 years ago today, on January 1, 1804, Haiti became became the first independent Black republic in the world following a 12 year revolution. It changed the trajectory of world
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TRHL™
TRHLofficial
Jefferson included abolishing slavery in the first draft of the Declaration but he knew it had to happen organically.Much like how 9% of the country is for late term abortion.
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Rod Graham
roderickgraham
If I can make this clearer in a new thread: slavery was not seen as immoral until folks worked to construct the practice as not being compassionate. They were able
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Don Watkins
donswriting
This is totally wrong, IMO. 1. There is a glaring difference between founders and confederates. Founders are celebrated for creating a system based on individual rights, but didn't fully live
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