#Plantations

Really But Not Really A Senator This Time Person

sayer_of_stuff

Part 2 https://twitter.com/sayer_of_stuff/status/1291205516413239296 We left off exactly 4 months ago with Kentucky, which is an interesting enough story that it's probably worth a read even if you don't care about

𝙼𝚊𝚛𝚝𝚢 𝙳𝚞𝚛𝚎𝚗

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

Mariah

mariahjjada

It’s interesting to see people get shocked over things pertaining to slavery/the treatment of Black people.. and those things are just the tip of the iceberg. I’m going to write

Veshalini Naidu

VeshaNaidu

Malaysian Indians & A Labour Movement - A Quick Summary [thread] In 1947, Tamil labourers peacefully protested against the British that lead one of the deadliest clashes in Msian history

Historic.ly

historic_ly

Strawman: You cannot judge slaveholders by today's standards. Me: Ok. Let's judge him by what their contemporaries thought of them:https://twitter.com/historic_ly/status/1265817171663499264?s=20 Samuel Johnson wrote this in response

abolitionism = spicy reformism

no_slave_coasts

ROLE OF POPULAR INSURRECTIONS & GUERRILLA WARFARE IN THE INDEPENDENCE WAR PHASE OF THE HAITIAN REVOLUTIONsource > The Making of Haiti: The Saint Domingue Revolution from Below > Part Three:

Keri Blakinger

keribla

Darrington prison is named after a slave plantation. Draper is named after a KKK leader. Goree Unit is named after a Confederate captain.We talk a lot about racist monuments &

The Blindboy Podcast

Rubberbandits

The Irish were never slaves lads. We have a profound history of oppression. But we were never considered property across generations. It just didn’t happen. Please don’t spread that Myth,

Danielle Parada, Ph.D. ❤️ 🇸🇻

sadgirldanny

Appalachia is not a monolith https://twitter.com/appalachia100/status/1336322358550777857 One day I’m gonna have a Salvadoran Appalachian child and I’m not sure if I’ll be able to handle them Appalachia is one

Kyra's Shea Medleys Hair & Skincare

KyraSheaMedleys

A THREAD ON THE HISTORY OF JUNETEENTH Juneteenth commemorates the ending of slavery in the United States when Major General Gordon Granger arrived in Texas on June 19th, 1865

Philip Amies

AmiesPhilip

Forestry industry needs to stop milking tax payers for climate and biodiversity greenwash, a con, shysters, ready to hear how all woods need felling for nature to thrive so the

Gurminder K Bhambra

GKBhambra

#HistoryMatters a thread – recent weeks have highlighted issues of how British history is taught, what gets taught as British history & why this matters. How we understand the past

Martijn Grooten

martijn_grooten

It's the 1st of July. Happy Keti Koti! Please join me for a short thread on Dutch history and slavery Keti Koti is Sranantongo (Surinamese) for "the chain is broken".

big relly

awkward_duck

I'm surprised to still see 'I am not my ancestors...' messagesTruth is, much like today, our ancestors and elders spanned the spectrum of political involvement. Not everyone was marching, and

julian francis park

jfpark3

I think of the horizon of the tenants' struggle as rent abolition. This is partly bc that horizon is immanent to rent strikes & expropriations, & partly bc the rent

EU FLEGT and REDD facilities

FlegtRedd

The #PalmOil industry is a major contributor to #Indonesia's economy and in 2018, 36.6 million tonnes of palm oil were produced, equal to roughly half of the world’s supply. The

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