Jessicaalice
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Amazing American
We know about the ways families were separated and sold and how this was just one more threat hanging over an enslaved person’s head.
But I didn’t know it was also a “holiday event” done yearly en masse.
The more you know facts and context, the better your perspective. Now you know too.
But I didn’t know it was also a “holiday event” done yearly en masse.
The more you know facts and context, the better your perspective. Now you know too.
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New Year's Day was a day that enslaved Black people feared the most. Why? It was the day that slave masters would rent them out or auction them off. This would result in the splitting up of (cont)
#ResistanceRoots
#ProudBlue
#USDemocracy
ibw21.org/reparations/...
New Year's Day was a day that enslaved Black people feared the most. Why? It was the day that slave masters would rent them out or auction them off. This would result in the splitting up of (cont)
#ResistanceRoots
#ProudBlue
#USDemocracy
ibw21.org/reparations/...
December 29, 2024 at 9:54 PM
Amazing American
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A great thread about why NYD was the holiday enslaved Black People feared more. 🧵 I never knew this and I bet a lot of us didn’t either. 💔😢
⚠️WOKE CONTENT⚠️
New Year's Day was a day that enslaved Black people feared the most. Why? It was the day that slave masters would rent them out or auction them off. This would result in the splitting up of (cont)
#ResistanceRoots
#ProudBlue
#USDemocracy
ibw21.org/reparations/...
New Year's Day was a day that enslaved Black people feared the most. Why? It was the day that slave masters would rent them out or auction them off. This would result in the splitting up of (cont)
#ResistanceRoots
#ProudBlue
#USDemocracy
ibw21.org/reparations/...
The Dark History of New Year's Day in American Slavery
By Olivia B. Waxman — "Of all days in the year, the slaves dread New Year's Day the worst of any," one 1842 account explained. Here's why.
ibw21.org
December 29, 2024 at 9:01 PM
A great thread about why NYD was the holiday enslaved Black People feared more. 🧵 I never knew this and I bet a lot of us didn’t either. 💔😢
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A visit to the museum at the newly-renovated #Lighthouse on Wangerooge Island off the coast of #LowerSaxony, #Germany (paywalled). #Leuchtturm #Niedersachsen #Deutschland
Bestandsaufnahme im Museum: Diese Schätze ruhen im Leuchtturm auf Wangerooge
Das Museum im Alten Leuchtturm auf Wangerooge präsentiert seine Sammlung nach der Renovierung in neuer, aufgeräumter Form. Die Bestandsaufnahme hat einige Schätze hervorgebracht.
www.nwzonline.de
December 16, 2024 at 7:53 PM
A visit to the museum at the newly-renovated #Lighthouse on Wangerooge Island off the coast of #LowerSaxony, #Germany (paywalled). #Leuchtturm #Niedersachsen #Deutschland
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Here are some nice mushrooms
December 10, 2024 at 2:06 PM
Here are some nice mushrooms
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Abolished 1894. Well this explains a lot.
University of Cambridge urged to apologise over jailing of thousands of ‘evil’ women without evidence or trial: www.theguardian.com/society/2024...
University of Cambridge urged to apologise over jailing of thousands of ‘evil’ women without evidence or trial: www.theguardian.com/society/2024...
Cambridge University urged to apologise over jailing of thousands of ‘evil’ women without evidence or trial
A 1561 charter granted powers to imprison young working-class women found walking with undergraduates after dark
www.theguardian.com
December 8, 2024 at 6:04 AM
Abolished 1894. Well this explains a lot.
University of Cambridge urged to apologise over jailing of thousands of ‘evil’ women without evidence or trial: www.theguardian.com/society/2024...
University of Cambridge urged to apologise over jailing of thousands of ‘evil’ women without evidence or trial: www.theguardian.com/society/2024...