#Enslaved

Caroline Grego

CarolineGrego88

I keep waiting for a twitter thread from someone better versed in the history of the Spanish Southeast than I - so I guess I'll spark the convo, which lends

Tom Allen

tomallenhistory

1/ I have done some source work this week with Y8 on how Akan culture survived in Barbados as part of our enquiry comparing the impact of transatlantic slavery on

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martyduren

A few thoughts on misusing Philemon to defend antebellum slavers. THREAD:It is common in convos about the antebellum South to see Philemon used as a means of defending, if not

Ancient Kemite

ancientkemite

One of the major reasons Afrakans suffer is our inability to unify because we often do not have clear distinctions between who is and who is not Afrakan. Case in

Senator Jeff Merkley

SenJeffMerkley

The 13th Amendment outlawed slavery—with one big caveat: “except as a punishment for a crime.” For a century and half, that’s been used to re-enslave American citizens (disproportionately black men).

🕯 Mitchell Mhlanga 🇱🇸

MimiReeds

An introduction to the Indian Ocean slave trade.When many people think of slavery, they think of the translatlantic trade that took place between Africa, the Americas and the Caribbean. The

PSLColumbiaSC

psl_sc

Today we mark the anniversary of the largest slave rebellion in South Carolina, The Stono Rebellion. On September 9th 1739 Jemmy aka Cato and 20 core group of warriors, who

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barbi3dreamz

the appropriation of AAVE (a thread) AAVE stands for African American Vernacular English.It is typically incorrectly perceived as “bad English”, “ghetto language”, and/ or as labeled as “blaccent”. yet, AAVE

Franca Rivera 💙🕊💙

FrancaRose33

400 years ago white people brought black people over here and enslaved them. And sold them. And treated them as less than human. For 250 years. While white men built

Chanelle Mauricette 🇱🇨

cnmauricette

Very little is taught about our history, what the islands were like before slavery and what damage both physically and psychologically has been left behind.https://twitter.com/NinaVzqz23/status/1336309860707786752 I think it says a

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

Clint Smith

ClintSmithIII

Between 1936 and 1938, the federal government collected the narratives of over 2,300 formerly enslaved people. I tracked down the descendants of people who were interviewed and wrote about what

James M. Thomas (JT) 🌹

Insurgent_Prof

Can we talk about one particular part from this exceptional piece of journalism by @kbeccaandrews? (Thread)https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2020/07/racism-university-mississippi-nickname-ole-miss-confederate-history-elma-meeks/ Our Chan

Ali Velshi

AliVelshi

1/9156 years since General William Sherman and 60,000 Union soldiers captured Savannah. Sherman’s “March to the Sea” devastated both the Confederacy and much of Georgia. Sherman reaching Savannah was the

Dr. El Jefe Picoso 🌶

JeffOnTheRight

I'm going to answer this question in a thread because I've never given my views on #Blexit and the Black Conservative Establishment all in one place. This person is asking

Your fave killjoy| Ericka Hart (She/ They)

iHartEricka

So I’ve been thinking a lot about the word empathy. Activists to kindergarten teachers to Kim Kardashian fans will assert that empathy is a necessity and requirement in caring for

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