#Abolition

Ibram X. Kendi

DrIbram

In 1865, Black people all over the South were saying this Union officials: Do not abolish slavery and leave us landless and disenfranchised. Do not force us towork for our

Unite in justice for the poor & oppressed

BreeNewsome

“I was prepared to support the humanity of Black people until I saw someone set a car on fire.” “I don’t know if I can support slavery abolition because I

john milbank

johnmilbank3

Re apologising for slavery we need to remember that it was not often seen as an absolute evil by any past culture, including the Western, and not by the Bible.

sheabutterfemme.

sheabutterfemme

I frequently get questions around people being newere to abolition and expressing frustration that friends and family argue with them about it. I got a message today about someone who

Robert P. George

McCormickProf

1/ I sometimes ask students what their position on slavery would have been had they been white and living in the South before abolition. Guess what? They all would have

Phil Henderson

PhilCHenderson

I really appreciate @CANADALAND having @SeanVanderklis and @KarlDockstader (follow @OneDishOneMic) on to talk about the reclamation ongoing at #1492LandBackLaneBut I'm curious why @JesseBrown continually returned to the question of &quo

Cortney Lamar Charleston

bardsbesidebars

I know this post is a few days past us now, but it's still been on my mind. To be brief, I find this statement inadequate. But I also want to

Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò

OlufemiOTaiwo

Apparently we're debating whether or not the term "wage slavery" is racist. @Nessanihil posted these of Lucy Parsons, Frederick Douglass, and Dr. King, which give you a sense of how

Julie Duprat

July_Dup

Jour 3 du #BlackHistoryMonth ! Aujourd'hui, on célèbre la 1er abolition de l'esclavage en 1794 Et pour le célébrer à ma façon, je veux vous présenter ce soir

carter 🌹

retraCtheJD

For what it’s worth - life without parol should be abolished too, even if it is cheaper than the death penaltyhttps://twitter.com/halfsleepers/status/1337208551740215296 The economic argument against the death penalty is a

abolitionism = spicy reformism

no_slave_coasts

“The British slave system was not in decline when the slave trade was abolished. On the contrary, all the evidence suggests that the slave trade was booming after 1783 –

MerryMichaelW ☭🎗 😷 #TUSC #BLM #BDS 🥂

MerryMichaelW

The Maastricht Treaty was signed by John Major, February 1992, but only ratified in Parliament in September, by Major taking the nuclear step of calling for a Vote of Confidence.

Unite in justice for the poor & oppressed

BreeNewsome

It is always the young people in every generation who rush to the front of the battle lines and demand change. Every generation grows older and a new generation of

Southern Anti-Racist | Abolition Now

antiracistsouth

The next 5-10 years will be a critical time in right wing politics in the U.S. (and bc of their outsized electoral influence, on ALL our lives). Here’s how I

Marc Ó Cathasaigh TD

MarcKC_Green

Next, it's important to have read the full text of the motion. It goes well beyond the pay to include travel and accommodation costs, abolition of all fees for frontline

Ida Bae Wells

nhannahjones

While I appreciate the free advertisement for our journalism a year after the 1619 Project published, certainly seems like in the middle of an unprecedented economic catastrophe, 140k dead from

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