#Slavery

Sarah O'Connor

sarahoconnor_

1) Since Priti Patel has been given front page space for her evidence-free theory about how "fear of racism" is to blame for Leicester's sweatshops, I thought I'd do a

Terry Sweet Georgia Brown™️

TBrown_80

We know what Sen. Kaine is saying, right? That there wasn’t a legacy system of slavery on these shores, so America created one and that foundation of racism, specifically of

Michael - BLM ¦ ACAB

jonasdash

1/x) I'd like to share something that might help you understand the meaning of the phrase "systemic racism" and recognize how it is still pervasive in the current prison system

Daniel Adams

_Dan_Adams_

The first American to put forth the notion that we all have a natural right to life, liberty and property was James Otis in 1761, 15 years before the Declaration

Scott Coley

scott_m_coley

The reason that so many conservative evangelicals these days appear to be moral relativists is that they *are* moral relativists.They would deny this, of course. But that doesn’t make it

🕯 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

The Glasgow Sugar Aristocracy

glasgow_sugar

Early indications that the weekend's Times article has disturbed the hagiography around James Watt. https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/da2c9752-acee-11ea-adef-7962e28cd764?shareToken=b9e698f095b72c249a05a5731946c83c I don't think th

Ethan Wolf

ewolf_7

(THREAD) Trump is pulls directly from Southerners' and Slave apologists' playbook. In the late 1850s, southerners and Senators like Stephen Douglas argued the North was manufacturing a crisis. They argued

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JKUVinnie22

Short Thread: The NT is the OT concealed1) Numbers 2, possibly one the hardest books in the Bible to read, for me anyway...Tucked away in this book is this little

ScoonTV

ScoonTv

What does it mean to be Black?In America and the diaspora, black is the designation given to the descendants of the trans-Atlantic slave trade. Although, in the United States they're

Coral Saint Clair

coralsaintclair

Joseph was hated by his own brothers & sold into slavery by them (for 13 yrs). He resisted the temptation of a beautiful married women & was then falsely accused

B.T. Harman

BT_Harman

Let's start in the year 1735...Surprisingly, the founders of the colony of Georgia vote to ban slavery. Of the 13 American colonies, they're the only one with such a ban.Many

Fabiana Cecin 🏴 🌹

fabianacecin

The phrase "The beatings will continue until morale improves" is so useful, because not only it can be seen in official corporate and state policies, but it actually describes the

Sam, Ph.D. in computational phrenology

leftiply

Tomorrow is the anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz, so I’ll say two things: never again means never again for anyone, and if all you know about the Holocaust you

Harriet Clugston

HarrietClugston

And we're finally live! 'An Unbroken chain', the first investigation since I took up the editor role at @JPIMediaData, examines slavery in the UK almost six years after the Modern

JerseyCraig #Science

Jersey_Craig

Dear @Transition46,I have been watching round table discussions held by americans of color for the past few days. As someone who considers themselves “woke” I thought I understood the needs

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