#Enslaved

Arlen Parsa

arlenparsa

You may have heard that the US Capitol Building was built with slave labor. That's true.But what most people don't know is the extraordinary story behind the statue that sits

Notes @ CLAMP Hell

senpainotes

Wandering Witch Elaina Kill Count Thread Episode 3 Kill CountImplied: ONE ENTIRE TOWN; one depressed enslaved person.What it could have been: one slave owner.

SELFCONQUERING | The Arcane King 🌑👑

selfconquering

I was once sitting in a dimly lit train.Earphones in. Aggressive metal music blaring into my ears and my subconscious.I had a book with me. In my bag.But I didn’t

🇺🇸 𝟜𝟘ℍ𝕖𝕒𝕕 🇺🇸 ⭐⭐⭐ 🇺🇸

40_head

I. Breaking News! (BANTER)American Slaves Approved To Be Freed Immediately And Receive Reparations!Per the United States and its governed areas: all persons enslaved inside the United States shall receive $40,000

Silent Sam's Reckoning

sams_reckoning

This week @UNC sent out a fundraiser asking folks to donate money for bottles of “Old Well water"... that don't actually have water from the Old Well in them.So, it's

Daily Caller

DailyCaller

THREADHypocrisy runs rampant among our corporate elites. Many big companies have spoken out against racism and discrimination this year but have been linked to forced Uighur slave labor in China.

Daniel Domingues

dandomingx

A lot has been said about 1619, but not enough about 1520, the year of the first documented voyage of a ship disembarking enslaved Africans in the Americas. #twitterstorians #africanstudies

Brittney Cooper

ProfessorCrunk

I don’t want or need Black women to be on the nation’s money. I need the nation to put its money on (invest in the needs of and leadership of)

Liam Hogan

Limerick1914

British slave traders forcibly shipped approximately 5.5 million enslaved Africans into their Caribbean colonies over a 180 year period yet when slavery was abolished just 800,000 enslaved people remained. (Beckles)https://twitter.com/ayoca

Elizabeth Arnold

Ebetharama

I'd like to use this Very Dumb tweet to tell a story about Why I Love History. I didn't like it at all in high school, but devoted much of

Yoni Appelbaum

YAppelbaum

1. Quick thread on the only recorded criminal arrest of a sitting U.S. president—made by a D.C. Police offering for speeding, a century and a half ago.https://www.washingtonpost.com/history/2018/12/16/police-officer-who-arrested-president

Tinu Abayomi-Paul

Tinu

I'm glad for the more respectful time of this video butit's hard to convey the depths of Black America's distrust without recognizing three things.https://twitter.com/ajplus/status/1340529866106679298 1- The rains is not histori

Zikhona Valela

valavoosh

Remembering the 212 enslaved Africans who drowned on this day in 1794 when ship they were on, Sao Jose Paquete de Africa, got caught between two reefs off the Camps

Griff Ferris

g__ferris

If we’re gonna talk about the UK’s history with slavery, how about we talk about the MPs whose money + power comes from slavery?Thread: Richard Drax MP (2010-now)Lives in 7,000-acre

Jimbo Smiffey

JSmiffey

Why fully own slaves and be responsible for their food and shelter, when all you really want is their labor?Simply devise a system whereby a portion of their labor is

Philip Anderson

P_G_Anderson

A fifth of the world's cotton comes from China's Far West. Muslim Uighur people there are being enslaved, forced to pick cotton, their culture eradicated.Transatlantic slavery gripped consciences in 2020.

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