#Enslaved

Cornsoup conissour

rezdreams

Natives and African Americans have a shared history in enslavement by colonists. Between 2.5-5 million people indigenous to the Americans were enslaved by white colonists. Enslaved Natives were often shipped

colette

ColetteReneee

I know “slave” feels like a dirty word to people but slavery has a dirty history. I know people want to lighten it up and say “enslaved” but at the

Tracy Deonn 💙⚔️♥️

tracydeonn

I'm glad people/companies are recognizing Juneteenth, but please don't reduce it to "when slaves were freed in Texas." June 19th, 1865 was when a Union general announced that the last

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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”;

Catarina Demony

CatarinaDemony

Lagos, a town in southern Portugal, was Europe’s first African slave market. For centuries, the town hid its dark past. But this tiny museum is a step in the right

Jessie Serfilippi

Utterly_Jessie

Last night I learned there was a record kept of burials in NYC following the 1798 Yellow Fever epidemic, during which Dick, a person enslaved by the Hamiltons, died. I

RAFAEL

RafaelCasal

Something for white folks to take away from Juneteenth, that applies to what you are doing right now. A SHORT THREAD: Lincoln is praised for freeing enslaved people in our

Ida Bae Wells

nhannahjones

Happy Emancipation Day!Just a few facts:The US was 3rd to last in the Americas to abolish slavery.The Emancipation Proclamation came abt partially because enslaved people were self-liberating by the thousands.

b-boy bouiebaisse

jbouie

I was actually waiting for this response, which comes from people so addicted to grievence that they are unable to engage with the scholarship as it exists.https://twitter.com/sullydish/status/1274012867839365120 Read McPherson, read

Netflix

netflix

If you’re wondering why people are calling for today, Juneteenth, to be a national holiday... you might only know part 1 of the “how slavery ended in America” story.When white

Huron History Dept & Community History Centre

HistoryHuron

Today's #Blackhistorymonth #HiddenHistory of #sxont is Tony Small, the first Black person known to have visited what is today #ldnont. It is imp, though, to remember that Small was

Choctaw & Chickasaw Freedmen

ChoctawFreedmen

It’s important to understand that Freedmen of the Five Tribes have very unique records available to us. We know the names of our ancestors and their owners. We also know

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MiraAssafK

In my lull away, I missed excellent hot-takes on #Brigerton. The scene that stayed with me, & forgive me if this has been discussed already, is D & S in

Caesar 🇺🇸

_creep_lord

Take inspiration from the Haitian Revolution if you must, but strategically, not much translated to those enslaved in the US, a much larger colony/country, w/ the enslaved more spread out,

GullahMuseumSC

GullahSc

Africans enslaved in the British colony of South Carolina weren’t allowed to own or use drums because of its ability to “speak” in an unknown language and its potential to

Marlene Daut

FictionsofHaiti

I visited for the first time today UVA's new monument to the enslaved laborers who built the university, which was completed in spring 2020: Etched on these walls are the

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