#Slavery

Michael Harriot

michaelharriot

It was a dark and stormy night...(I’ve always wanted to tweet that) But seriously, there was a tropical storm when a group of people gathered in the woods. If they

Adam Bunch

TODreamsProject

1. This is the Queen's Hotel. It once stood on Front Street in Toronto. During the American Civil War, it was filled with Confederate soldiers and spies — from there,

Tony Blount #ADOS

TonyBlount

We need to end the term “White Supremacy”. It does not speak to the true reality, history, complexity or specificity of oppression anywhere in the world. It allows wolves to

Kiratiana

Kiratiana

Congratulations to Afro-Brazilian journalist @Cecillia! She was nominated for the @RSF_inter (Reporters Without Borders) Press Freedom Awards for her impactful work on Rio de Janeiro's armed conflict involving police, militias

James Lindsay, increasingly relevant

ConceptualJames

Another reminder that what we are witnessing and have been witnessing over the last 5 years is an attempted creation of a new national mythology saying America was founded in

Teri Kanefield

Teri_Kanefield

I agree with @WalshFreedom.What looks like a "Civil War" is moderates, conservatives, and proponents of rule of law leaving or being pushed out.The Republican Party is shrinking and hardening into

Dr. Anika Prather (but please call me Anika)

AnikaFreeindeed

I am so sorry I am so late jumping in on this chat on the NY Times article about Padilla...reading the article and my heart....In so many ways I can

TheGreatestStoryEverTold

backontrack25

Watch the water.Under maritime law(law of sea) it will take eons to prosecute corporate entities or (straw man person)Under law of land(terra firma) or constitutional law prosecutions are quick &

E.A Tetteh, Ph.D

MantseBiAgo

Historically, the Gá-Dangmes of Ghana were believed to have once lived along the eastern part of the banks of the River Nile during the reign of Thothmes II, the then

Bill Figueroa

IranChinaGuy

Have you ever heard of the "Kunlun Slaves" of ancient China? A thread on race, slavery, and the history of #Black servitude in #China... 1/#slavery #history #twitterstorians #race #Asia #Chinese

TheCivilWarDoc

TheCivilWarDoc1

Mary Richards Bowser proved to be an incredibly successful spy for the Union during the Civil War. As the story goes, she worked in the Confederate White House where Jeff

MINH

li_shwang

oh shitttt: "Liberals instead demand better education and job opportunities to keep youth safe from police and prisons. Those decriers forget that education and work are both the ancestors of

Tiffany Leigh

tiffanyleigh

"Welp if you don't like it, leave" isn't quite the nuanced nor convincing ethical argument about whether it's cool or not to play Nazis in boardgames that this essay thinks

Benjamin Park

BenjaminEPark

Today is the 125th anniversary of Utah statehood, an event that was a half-century in the making and one that many thought would never take place. It's a fascinating tale

Joy WE VOTED!! WEAR A MASK!! Reid 😷)

JoyAnnReid

One thing we learned in 2020 is that the Republican Party has become much more comfortable declaring out loud that they fundamentally object to the right of non-white people to

Sen. Lamar Alexander

SenAlexander

To tear down Andrew Jackson’s statue would be a terrible misunderstanding of our nation’s history. Let us recognize that Andrew Jackson was not perfect. In fact, he was at the

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