#Plantations

Hey Rhode Island Trekkies, let's talk about the name of our state and why it's time to change it. It's Rhode Island and Providence Plantations. That's a lot of words.
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Reading this for my historiography paper and genuinely learning a lot, but it’s also reminding me about how little I understand how credit has functioned historically and how frequently it
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THREAD: Two new articles in @naturesustainab and @ScienceMagazine share skepticism on the climate benefits of growing trees. Some thoughts from our team on some misleading media coverage surrounding them:http://ow.ly/sWNi50AfJLo  2.The
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What, if anything, does paleontology have to do with racial injustice? The 1st identified vertebrate fossils from North America, mammoth teeth - were identified as elephant teeth by enslaved Africans
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Which is better: timber plantations or native woodland? MARP The false dichotomy alarm is off again. We need to restore native woodlands to sink carbon and increase biodiversity,
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THREAD: Can someone please come get Pat Conley? This OpEd in @projo further proves that he should no longer be setting the narrative for History here in Rhode Island. He
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Does certifying oil palm help alleviate poverty? See the latest evaluation for Indonesia – the world’s biggest palm oil producer…led by Truly Santika with others. Freely to access @naturesustainab https://rdcu.be/b9Bzy 
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Bearded Vulture, 2 Red Kites, Marsh Harrier, Peregrine, 6 Common Buzzards, 4 Kestrels and 2 Sparrowhawks from the garden today on the edge of the @peakdistrict and an Osprey I
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1/ Hassan has noted a very important point about green land grabbing. Many people who are upset do not realize that these kinds of actions/resistance have a long long history.
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When we talk about "blackbirding", we often are talking about the enslavement of Pasifika peoples to work in labor camps, plantations and mining. But there was more to that. Blackbirding
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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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Clear Language on Slavery:Slaves = HostagesSlave Owners = Human TraffickersSlave Catchers = PolicePlantations = Death CampsMistresses = Rape VictimsDiscipline = Torture/MurderOverseers = TorturersTrading = KidnappingProfit = TheftMiddle Pas
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When you've no idea who owned the slave ships, the trading posts, the plantations (sugar, cotton, nicotine, rice, indigo...), rum distilleries (rum made from sugar plantations) & glass beads Africans
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Because white people have never honestly reckoned with our history in this country, and anytime someone tries to do so, we freak out and call it "revisionist" and "divisive." And
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Lots of talk about rebellions in Atlantic history. Here's one not many people know about. Today is the anniversary of Amador’s Revolt on São Tomé island. A long #twitterstorian thread
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From the moment COVID escaped, the CCP behaved badly & without any regard for human life.We can add this to a long list of deviations from behavioural norms, infiltration &
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