#Emancipation

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A THREAD ON THE HISTORY OF JUNETEENTH Juneteenth commemorates the ending of slavery in the United States when Major General Gordon Granger arrived in Texas on June 19th, 1865

Martijn Grooten

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It's the 1st of July. Happy Keti Koti! Please join me for a short thread on Dutch history and slavery Keti Koti is Sranantongo (Surinamese) for "the chain is broken".

RAFAEL

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Something for white folks to take away from Juneteenth, that applies to what you are doing right now. A SHORT THREAD: Lincoln is praised for freeing enslaved people in our

Chloé S. Valdary 📚

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When all of society seems to be against you, when you cannot make sense of your place in the world or your purpose, when you are treated with contempt by

David G

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In 1861, Abraham Lincoln expanded the law to form the legal basis for waging the Civil War. ... After the Civil War, the Insurrection Act was further amended to give the president authority to enforce the

Stephen Langtry

StephenLangtry

The story of Goedverwacht (near Piketberg) begins with an enslaved woman, Maniesa, originally from Bengal, India. She was held in slavery by Hendrik Schalk Burger. Burger was a widower whose

Erik Loomis

ErikLoomis

This Day in Labor History: December 25, 1831. The Baptist Rebellion began in Jamaica. This slave rebellion of up to 60,000 people, put down over the next couple of weeks,

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thocpodcast

What a goddamned trash-fire.Man, that Jeep SB commercial has got to be the most insipid wannabe paean to "compromise for compromise's sake" in quite a long while.Finding "the middle ground"

Qaiser Ijaz ☭

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First Family Code 1920Philosophy:"Family must be reconstructed on a democratic foundation".The code was revolutionary at the times when the rest of the Europe was still thinking either to give the

Choctaw & Chickasaw Freedmen

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During the Civil War, the Five Slaveholding Tribes aligned themselves with the Confederate States of America. In their treaties with the Confederacy, slavery was upheld and in the case of

Kavita Krishnan

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Which thoughts are those, @MinOfCultureGoI? The one where he said the Nazi purge of Jews was something India "should learn and profit from"? Or - there's more, see thread.https://twitter.com/MinOfCultureGoI/status/136262042505

Brian Sonenstein

bsonenstein

a fundamental question that divides abolitionists from reformers: do you believe everyone is capable of, and commits, harm? or do you believe there are inferior people who embody harm and

Sunsara Taylor

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1] I am a proud follower of the revolutionary leader Bob Avakian.I want to share some of why, and some links for those of you who are serious about getting

Jay R Roszman

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The things one stumbles upon reading newspapers. Away from my office, I don't know whether account of a Repeal meeting I've read has been specifically covered by all of O'Connell's

Femi Fani-Kayode

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The power of Northern Nigeria lies in the fact that, despite their internal differences, the people of that region are united when it comes to achieving their political aspirations in

kurt lash

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1/ The “I Have a Dream" speech is one of the most extraordinary speeches in American history. You should read it again. First, a few thoughts about the common American

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