#Slavery

Lupe Mendez

thepoetmendez

Yt folks romanticize the founding of Texas: 1)it wasn’t “The South” 2)it was its own nation 3)it was a rebel stateThe truth: broke ass country hick white men didn’t like

King Baeksu

KingBaeksu

America was founded by wealthy people to serve their own interests.White indentured servitude predated slavery and was rife. Unlike Korean-Americans, Irish were often eliminated when inconvenient. My ancestors were among

Clint Smith

ClintSmithIII

Every year on April 9th, the anniversary of Confederate surrender at Appomattox, I read this 1871 speech by Frederick Douglass on how, only 6 years after the Civil War ended,

David W. Peters

dvdpeters

In the past couple years I’ve read the bios of a number of founding fathers—who enslaved people. All of them expressed their distaste of slavery and how it would eventually

Ryan Robinson Perinchief 🇧🇲

RRPerinchief

Thread on slave revolts and responses throughout Bermuda's history –Don't ever let them tell you slavery in Bermuda was benign, don't let them tell you we never fought back, don't

ctschroeder

ctschroeder

I understand critiques of #Hamilton that it doesn’t center slavery enough or lionized AH. I still think the casting of these figures as immigrants of color and Black people

Wes Ferguson

wesferguson

Earlier this week I caught a ride to Mexico with some extremely nice folks who were driving down to celebrate Juneteenth in Nacimiento de los Negros, a village with a

James W. Loewen

JamesWLoewen

WaPo published a piece today that cherry-picks Lincoln's statements about slavery to present a leader who didn't give a damn about it, just wanted to save the Union. By so

nora

slaylongloveyou

Watching Black Is King right now. BIGGER. Because she’s on the shore, it feels like she’s referencing slavery. Even though our ancestors came on ships, I’m certain they had their

𑀅𑀓𑁆𑀱 🌉𐨀𐨐𐨿𐨮 is in Confinement ↙️↙️↙️

4kshatra

I descend from coolies (South Asian indentured workers) who were displaced to Africa by colonisers centuries agoThe descendants of coolies aren't just "Africans in Asia", they are Asian-AfricansSo I am

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afrodesiaq

my family is descended from the key family's slaves and this tweet hit me like an entire ton of bricks in the chest it's weird, being a black descendent of

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meninadocabelo3

Harriet Tubman (1822-1913)he American was born in the east of the USA in a condition of slavery. Her entire family was enslaved, and the young woman, aware of her condition,

Pen Griffey Jr.

britttbanks

I,speaking solely for myself, have had the following experiences on multiple occasions... 1. Childhood until 17 years old...Non-ADOS: Where are you from?Me: Um... I mean I’m not really sure.Non-ADOS: *Crickets*

Fatima Goss Graves

FGossGraves

!!! I’ve seen this circulating with people calling it unprecedented. Except there is a long list of examples in this country of forced sterilization, especially of Black and brown women.https://www.refinery29.com/en-us/2020/09/10024657/ic

Asher Wilson-Goldman

AsherGoldman

Tonight is the first night of Pesach, aka Passover, aka most lefty Jews favourite Jewish festival.Under normal circumstances, tonight my entire extended family who are in NZ (~20 of us)

Fade

fadeaccompli

Okay, let's see if I can do a /quick/ read of _Slavery: Antiquity & Its Legacy_ by Page duBois before I head home today. It opens with a quote from