Keri Leigh Merritt
@kerileighmerritt.bsky.social
Historian (PhD). Writer: Class, Labor, Inequality. Artist. Traveler. Rocker. Seeker. Books: Masterless Men, After Life; NEW: Lillian Smith bio & Film @thecivilwardoc1. IG @kerileighmerritt
Congratulations!!!
October 29, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Congratulations!!!
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Here is a more detailed post that I did back in 2020 where I break down the opinion piece. @democracynow.org @kerileighmerritt.bsky.social @marcelias.bsky.social @joyannreid.bsky.social @maddow.msnbc.com @rubybridges.bsky.social
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“Our laws must be upheld”
When I was younger, I used to watch old black and white television shows on Nick at Nite and other channels. After watching the shows, I…
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October 16, 2025 at 12:09 PM
Here is a more detailed post that I did back in 2020 where I break down the opinion piece. @democracynow.org @kerileighmerritt.bsky.social @marcelias.bsky.social @joyannreid.bsky.social @maddow.msnbc.com @rubybridges.bsky.social
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Thank you Greg!
October 12, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Thank you Greg!
Thanks Dael:)
October 10, 2025 at 11:54 PM
Thanks Dael:)
Thank you Rachel!♥️
October 10, 2025 at 11:54 PM
Thank you Rachel!♥️
Thank you!♥️
October 10, 2025 at 11:54 PM
Thank you!♥️
Congratulations - really glad this is coming out soon!
September 29, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Congratulations - really glad this is coming out soon!
Thank you, my friend. I appreciate the shoutout more than you know.♥️
September 20, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Thank you, my friend. I appreciate the shoutout more than you know.♥️
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was used for many things, but one of the things was to keep abolitionist speech away from poor white people (which certainly could contribute to keeping it away from enslaved Black people).
September 20, 2025 at 2:54 PM
was used for many things, but one of the things was to keep abolitionist speech away from poor white people (which certainly could contribute to keeping it away from enslaved Black people).
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She writes in her excellent book "Masterless Men: Poor Whites and Slavery in the Antebellum" about the carceral infrastructure that existed for poor white people (and of course was immediately turned upon Black people in the aftermath of the defeat of Reconstruction), and how that infrastructure
September 20, 2025 at 2:53 PM
She writes in her excellent book "Masterless Men: Poor Whites and Slavery in the Antebellum" about the carceral infrastructure that existed for poor white people (and of course was immediately turned upon Black people in the aftermath of the defeat of Reconstruction), and how that infrastructure