#Enslaver

While I appreciate the free advertisement for our journalism a year after the 1619 Project published, certainly seems like in the middle of an unprecedented economic catastrophe, 140k dead from

TheTattooedProf

Of course Prager misquotes Jefferson. The actual quote is "If we can prevent the government from wasting the labors of the people, under the pretence of taking care of them,

Dr. Julia Gaffield

@LiebermanForGa accused @staceyabrams of “candidate suppression”—REALLY? Attention is on the 2 senate races in GA--you've probably heard of Lieberman because he refuses to drop out and support @ReverendWarnock in the

When the Europeans said we Blacks were the most ignorant race, we got offended and thought they were referring to education. Thus, for several decades we have had the fastest

So, I’m moving at an embarrassing rate on this “six fan arts” thing. I think the entire trend is basically over, but I plan on finishing no matter HOW LONG

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

Was looking through the Race & Slavery Petitions Project while doing genealogical research last night, & stumbled upon this case of an Atlantic slaver, John Holman: http://library.uncg.edu/slavery/petitions/details.aspx?pid=1085The

Old Weird Scotland

Many Scots, while owning Scotland's role in slavery, still take the stance that "normal" or "working class" Scots got no advantages from the fortunes made with enslaved labour, or any

Choctaw & Chickasaw Freedmen

ChoctawFreedmen

A thread on the composition of Swing Low, Sweet Chariot by “Uncle” Wallis Willis and “Aunt” Minerva Willis, enslaved people of African descent owned by Britt Willis, a Choctaw citizen.

Riall “401kpopstan" Johnson

Today's thread: In regards to Matt Gaetz' "son", let me be clear on this. Adopting, marrying, dating, friending a POC does NOT absolve you of racism. Do we not recall

I have two main thoughts on “not judging the past by the stands of the present”.https://twitter.com/anandwrites/status/1275448581214728193 First: statues and monuments are not “the past”. They are not “history”. They are

ᴄᴀʀᴏʟʏɴɴ #antiCOVID #BLM 🏳️‍🌈🧬😷✊🏻

One way we white #genealogists can actively break through our old conceptions & #WhiteSupremacist notions of history is to publicize our enslaving ancestors. As we see how many we have,

brittany packnett cunningham ain’t here for real.

My personal #Juneteenth reflection... July 4, 2019. Your Independence Day, I hopped in a @Lyft during #EssenceFest. The driver asked me where I was from. “I’m from St. Louis-but

National Museum of American History

amhistorymuseum

In the early U.S., samplers were often part of girls' educations. Sewing them helped girls learn to read, write, and reason. You name it, they sewed it. But samplers were

TheTattooedProf

So with Hamilton being available to stream, there's been a good deal of discussion on here about how the musical (and be extension Chernow's biography) tries to dodge and/or whitewash

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