#Slavery

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

Olivia Rondeau

rondeaulivia

Today I learned that there are actual “Sorry for Slavery” protests that white liberals partake in to show how non-racist they are. If you’re gonna be that much of an

BLACK CONSERVATIVE

blackrepublican

Black Slavery Myths DebunkedClaim: Every civilization had slavery.FACT: “Slaves were NEVER chattel until the 19th century — NEVER in world history were slaves considered chattel until modern times.” — Dr.

Karin Wulf

kawulf

Excellent column fr @michele_norris in WaPo this AM. A few thoughts on “founders” and slavery, two words that have to ride together. 1/https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/george-and-martha-washington-enslaved-300-people-lets-start-w

Curtis Harris

curtismharris

Your annual reminder that Memorial Day (né Decoration Day) is the best time of the year to commemorate the men and women who put the beat down on the Confederacy

Will Galloway

WillGalloway_

Someone said that we’ve never been worse off as a country than we are now with our polarization and the pandemic. Let’s look at a couple of things. In August

Jim Downs

jimdowns1

During the Civil War, an unnamed freedwoman didn’t want to leave her dead 8 yr old son on a wharf unburied b/c she witnessed how rats gnawed on “one dead

BlueWorld 😎

BlueR00n

This #BlackAugust I wanna talk about voters suppression & the state slavery of prisoners. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colorado_Amendment_A_(2018)2yrs ago Colorado took a step no other state since has taken. Instead of omitting the

Keri Leigh Merritt, Ph.D.

KeriLeighMerrit

I have so much to do today but if I could I'd write an op-ed on the ways slaveholders & the #Confederacy kept poor whites uneducated, illiterate, & ignorant of

Celeste Headlee

CelesteHeadlee

Is that an American flag combined with a Confederate flag? Does the person flying that thing understand how ironic that pairing is?https://twitter.com/PolarBarrett/status/1250444669269524483 Also, why fly Confederate flags in Michigan's capital?

Márcia Gonçalves

margoncalv

As any Portuguese person have heard since primary school, Portugal became the first country to abolish slavery #OTD in 1761 thanks to the Marquis of Pombal (this guy).Except it didn’t.

Peter J. Williams

DrPJWilliams

On Noah and WineThe biblical Noah planted a vineyard and became drunk.The Classical Noah was called Deucalion. His name also may be connected with wine.You can see the name in

Dr Laura McAtackney

LMcAtackney

A tale of two biographies? Sir Hans Sloane, founder of the British Museum, interior collector and slave ownerHere is the rather partial biography from RTE / EPIC: all discoveries, collections

Steve Worrell

steve_worrell

The Thirteenth Amendment (Amendment XIII) to the United States Constitution abolished slavery and involuntary servitude, except as punishment for a crime.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thirteenth_Amendment_to_the_United_States_ConstitutionIn

Pug_Apu....Revolution-ing

Pug_Apu

The media will not talk about thisThis crime is so horrible, people refuse to believe it is real.This is what the fight at the border is all aboutPlease watch and

Adam Bunch

TODreamsProject

1. It's Simcoe Day today — so let's talk about John Graves Simcoe and his weird, complicated relationship with slavery.The founder of Toronto was an avowed abolitionist... who also once