#Slaves

Uwagbale Edward-Ekpu

uwagbale_

For the sake of jollof rice we need to talk about how teachers in African schools keep telling their students the botanical name of rice is Oryza Sativa while actually

सायक Bhattacharya

indian_fascist

#Muslims will often tell u that there's no #RACISM in #Islam. Okay, let's 'FACT CHECK' their claims !A THREAD.... #Muhammad prophesied that #Kaba(Baitullah) is supposed to be destroyed by a

Eztainutlacatl

cbkwgl

I will present you three maps. 1. Bible Belt of America 2. Confederate States of America 3. Red and Blue States for the last 4 elections Did you notice the

Spike Cohen

RealSpikeCohen

Today is Juneteenth, the day that Black slaves in Texas were informed that they were supposed to have already been emancipated two and a half years earlier.If this surprises you,

Danny Bate

DannyBate4

This 11th-century fresco, today found under the Basilica of San Clemente in Rome, is a treasure for both historians and linguists.This is because the rather rude text in the lower

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abigail_staub

One thing I really try to do in my ancient studies is use intentional language, something I apply from other organizing, e.g., I never say “slaves”, but rather “enslaved people”;

Ian Welsh

iwelsh

I very rarely get drunk, but I am tonight.In vino, veritas. my parents were alcoholics and made my childhood hell. So I don't, generally, speaking, endorse alcohol. that said, alcohol,

Historic.ly

historic_ly

Strawman: You cannot judge slaveholders by today's standards. Me: Ok. Let's judge him by what their contemporaries thought of them:https://twitter.com/historic_ly/status/1265817171663499264?s=20 Samuel Johnson wrote this in response

justin glawe

JustinGlawe

A small group of slave descendants on Georgia's Sapelo Island are fighting to hold on to their rightful land. Led by a man whose great, great, great grandfather bought the

#ENDSWAT

OyinTravels

Do y’all have any idea why darker Black folks started asserting that paler dark folks were “less black” in an antagonistic way? Did they always say this? Or is this

Portia McGonagal

PortiaMcGonagal

I saw this tweet and have thoughts. I don't want to drag the person who tweeted it. I understand the point she was making which was valid. However, it was

The New Yorker Lies About MLK Assassination

DoItForMaMa

"And as the noted historian, C. Vann Woodward, in his book, The Strange Career of Jim Crow, clearly points out, the segregation of the races was really a political stratagem

Oliver Willis

owillis

Tim Scott out here telling the slaves to please understand things are tough for Massa too. "You gotta see both sides of the whip." Scott is a great example of

Jay R Roszman

jrroszman

The things one stumbles upon reading newspapers. Away from my office, I don't know whether account of a Repeal meeting I've read has been specifically covered by all of O'Connell's

Women of 1000 AD

women_1000

NEW! For #BlackHistoryMonth I bring you the story of the parishioner of North Elmham. Buried in the cathedral cemetery over 1000 years ago, she was a Black woman who

Choctaw & Chickasaw Freedmen

ChoctawFreedmen

Just in case anyone was unaware: the Choctaw Nation chose to legalize chattel slavery within the tribe. Tribal members owned slaves of African descent and many enslaved people walked the

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