#Slavery

Katie Donington

KatieDonington

Following another reductive misrepresentation of work by @corinne_fowler @ColonialCountr1 a thread on botany & slavery. Pic: yellow leaved Hibbertia, native 2 Australia. Named 4 George Hibbert - slave-owner/amateur botanist. His

Kendra "Gloom is My Beat" Pierre-Louis

KendraWrites

I have been spending my MLK Jr. day googling these kinds of out of context quotes and trying to find their original source. Google books doesn't work - you have

Prince Chibuikem⚓

DiceyPrince_

In 1692, Queen Nzinga of Ndongo went to Luanda to negotiate with the Portuguese on the royal family’s behalf.The Portuguese, who was seated, expected her to sit on the floor.

John Whitehouse

existentialfish

Alright, enough is enough. i've been holding off on this because Fuck Cancer but that spectacle was way, way too much. so let's talk a bit about the guy who

Rakesh K. Sharma

rak_strong

A thread on Republican proposed Unity and Healing:1. When you assholes finally get over the civil war and WWII and realize that your fascist, racist, anti-Semitic ideologies were defeated....you can

Fantastical Magic One

Fantastic_Fern

Our Heritage! Listen, if you want to be a loser, no one is stopping you. I don't care if you fly that flag on the antenna of every one of

🐝🐍 The Grand Scoobah 🔮🧙🏻‍♂️

TheGrandScoobah

There are far simpler explanations for the temple and priesthood ban (TPB) than the logical contortions offered by Stapley here, and simply "seeing it as a mistake and moving on"

Ashley Kirsten Weed

AshleyKirstenW

Today my students discussed the debate re: Black American education between Booker T. Washington and W.E.B. du Bois (we are so close to finally starting Quest of the Silver Fleece!).

James Wigderson

jwigderson

This is not a parody. PragerU really believes this crap. So let's just dig through these deep piles of doo doo. 1/10https://twitter.com/prageru/status/1341059245572145152 “Statues of great Americans” - statues of Lee,

Scott Hughes

scotthughes1234

What's #BlackLivesMatter about? THREAD. Just in case it’s STILL unclear.400 years ago white men enslaved black people. And sold them. And treated them as less than human. For 250

Keiko 🇯🇲

GolferGirl305

There's this common misperception that Black people have no invented anything so I'm about to dispel that with a thread of Black inventors.The son of a slave, with only an

Ashton Pittman

ashtonpittman

Supporters of the #MSFlag argue that its Confederate imagery honors soldiers—not slavery & white supremacy.But the week lawmakers adopted the flag in 1894, they refused to fund a home for

Eztainutlacatl

cbkwgl

I will present you three maps. 1. Bible Belt of America 2. Confederate States of America 3. Red and Blue States for the last 4 elections Did you notice the

Wesley Yang

wesyang

List of demands presented to Stanford includes tracking and reporting the share of black population that is "enslaved-descended African American" (EDDA) and a separate endowment reserved for EDDA. Also calls

Frank DiStefano

frankjdistefano

It’s pretty striking how many genuinely radical and crazy people are climbing to prominence in the GOP. A little context. It’s not exactly that Republicans officially embraced crazy. It’s more

Cranky Federalist, George Washington Respecter

CrankyFed

The Founders on TwitterWashington:-never tweets himself-account curated by staff-usually Hamilton using the account-doesn't follow anyone-only tweets official statements Hamilton:-fights with everyone in lengthy threads-always somehow t

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