#Slavery

Susan Simpson

TheViewFromLL2

In honor of Juneteenth, a brief story about the America that almost was.I was at the Federal Archives once, searching for a very different document, when I came across a

Advaid അദ്വൈത്

Advaidism

In the 1840s, many enslaved people were escaping to Mexico from USA. The U.S. tried to get Mexico to sign a 'Fugitive slave treaty' of 1850, but Mexico refused to

Nicholas Guyatt

NicholasGuyatt

Have been trying to stay out of the Sean Wilentz/Tom Cotton debate about the supposedly antislavery potential of the Constitution, but a ton of people have emailed me this week

Boston City Archives

ArchivesBoston

In January of 1846, the Hayden family arrived in Boston. The Haydens became key leaders in Boston's abolitionist communities. Their Beacon Hill Home served as a stop on the Underground

Brian Lyman

lyman_brian

The second part of our Confederate Reckoning package made the front page of @USATODAY this morning. You can read the overview here: https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/education/2020/12/07/southern-history-textbooks-long-history-deception/3

Scholar Strike

ScholarStrike

To the folks who are upset that professors are striking, I ask you, why are you upset that we care about the lives of BIPOC and racism in America? Why

BDF (Black diaspora faggotry)

blacklikewho

Ariella Aisha Azoulay’s letter to Slyvia Wynter miss the point entirely. The letter does exude confindence though. In the post 1492 world that inaugurated transatlantic slavery the jewishness, muslimness, christian-ness

Nathaniel Horadam, 2021 Edition

NW_Horadam

I'm going to wade into something controversial here, so bear with me...I think Zaid stumbled upon the massive strategic challenge of a cash reparations program focused on slavery and directed

Kevin Bradley

KBtoys_22

Bro straight up I'm gonna vote for him cause the alternative is that bad but we gotta stop acting like Biden is just some regular imperfect candidate and not one

AmericAnon 🌟🌟🌟

AmericAnon57

A history lesson - before slavery in the USA. Learn the history of slavery on whites way before blacks - wake up America. WERE YOU AWARE. ???The Irish slave trade

Akiva Cohen

AkivaMCohen

Let's talk about the #Founders for a second, shall we? Yeah, this is sparked by Ben Shapiro's outrage that 39% of Black people would classify them as villains.Me? I don't.

Dr. KTLV

librariankt

The lesson here? All I did was open a door for a group of girls, and make the room safe for them to speak up. WHO ARE YOU GOING TO

Tom Buck

TomBuck

NEVER FORGET!As you watch chaos (statutes torn down, buildings burn etc.) and watch Christians & churches get caught up in the black lives matter movement, don’t forget the role many

Stephen Robinson

SER1897

The 13th Amendment abolishing slavery also nullified the 3/5ths rule, so the former Confederate states had greater congressional representation and more Electoral College votes. This would increase their political power

Ho! Ho! Holiday Viewing!

SleepyKittyPaw

Since the bigots are out in force today, few facts worth mentioning…• Hallmark is not a Christian channel. Never has been. Never claimed to be. • TV-G-rated movie cannot contain

Resist the Hologram - Stu Cvrk

STUinSD

Thread – Some Light Reading for the BLM Crowd (and Others)1. “Black Lives Matter” (sic) is a classic Marxist movement. Even the name is a Marxist slogan. Their only goal

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