#Enslaved

Choctaw & Chickasaw Freedmen

ChoctawFreedmen

As we celebrate #Juneteenth , it is important to remember that not all slaves were freed on June 19th, 1865. In Indian Territory, Blck slaves continued to be owned by

Sharon Leon

sharonmleon

For #ScholarStrike I made a short video about universities' involvement in slavery: https://youtu.be/VDmy9JcnRbc I hope it will be useful as we think about racial inequality and ongoing violence. This video

Dr. Rachel Schine

RachelSchine

In medieval Arabic chronicles, the ethnicity of qiyān (enslaved entertainers) is often unstated unless the woman becomes an umm walad (mother of an owner's child), at which point it still

Sahil Bloom

SahilBloom

Robert Smalls was born into slavery but would go on to become a hero of the Civil War, a successful entrepreneur, and a U.S. congressman.His journey is one you have

ArtfulPrudence

ArtfulPrudence

The Power of RuthlessnessThread Calculated ruthlessness is one of the most potent facets of the wise. Ruthlessness is less about avoiding compassion and more about not letting pity guide you.

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nidaaro

On this day of Black History Month, I want y’all to know that Argentina systemically erased it’s black population from 50 % (in some provinces) in the 1700’s to about

Michael G. Bazemore

deepwatermike

Here's an update on the #ConfederateMonuments situation in Raleigh after last nights #BlackLivesMatter protests. I'll be adding some stuff about related monuments at the end. All photos by me,

Stephen Langtry

StephenLangtry

The story of Goedverwacht (near Piketberg) begins with an enslaved woman, Maniesa, originally from Bengal, India. She was held in slavery by Hendrik Schalk Burger. Burger was a widower whose

Ali A Olomi

aaolomi

While today religious leaders grumble about protests and #BlackLivesMatter , historically Black Muslim leaders were at the heart of uprisings against slaveryIn honor of Juneteenth, a quick thread on

Patrick De Oliveira 🌹

PLSOliveira

It's not that statues can't teach, but that they can also erase (often the very purpose of monumentalization). We see this dynamic in two representations of Thomas Jefferson in D.C,

Kevin Gannon misses Grogu

TheTattooedProf

So let's talk about the Insurrection Act of 1807 for a minute, shall we? (1/) https://twitter.com/WajahatAli/status/1267600915487502337 2/ You might be asking yourself, "Self, what the hell was going on in

Franz

Franzdrake4

#aotspoilers137 What I really love about AoT is how it treats the theme of hope in a very nuanced way showing both the positives and negatives it can bring. This

AlbanyMuskrat

albanymuskrat

1/1853 cover Scientific American featured design for electric railway by William Deitz, a Black man fr. #Albany. He was son of people enslaved in Hill Towns. Deitz started out as

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SneKhumaloSA

This will be longish history thread so get into it if you like to read.Its about Haiti.Nokukhohlakala kwe France.. Enslaved Africans were transported to the west side of the island

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Pablo_Nomkhaba

Black people hardly collaborate on business ventures because we hate each other’s success Even in corporate, those few blacks that reach the pinnacle will turn and play gatekeeper. They will

Brian Lyman

lyman_brian

A thread of some of the unknown or unexpected stories of Black history in Alabama published in the @MGMAdvertiser this year.Enslaved at 18. A congressman at 28. And a prisoner

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