Matt Robertshaw
banner
mattjrobertshaw.bsky.social
Matt Robertshaw
@mattjrobertshaw.bsky.social
> Historian of Haiti and the second French colonial empire
> Newspaper republisher @ Black Republic of Letters
> Video essayist @ Sleeper Hit History
> Guitar player @ The Relative Minors
> Elbows-up Canadian
> JJ & Wes's dad
Reposted by Matt Robertshaw
• Benito Sylvain tackles racism in the press 👊
• Mormons abolish polygamy 💍
• A plea for the Dutch king to join the antislavery effort 🇳🇱
• An exposé on spiritism and hypnotism 🔮
• Fingerprinting technology in China 🇨🇳
• A French musician sued by an American promoter 🎻
• What's on in the theatre?🎭
August 12, 2025 at 8:42 PM
• Benito Sylvain tackles racism in the press 👊
• Mormons abolish polygamy 💍
• A plea for the Dutch king to join the antislavery effort 🇳🇱
• An exposé on spiritism and hypnotism 🔮
• Fingerprinting technology in China 🇨🇳
• A French musician sued by an American promoter 🎻
• What's on in the theatre?🎭
August 12, 2025 at 8:42 PM
"Colour prejudice—the most ferocious and inept of all—is an error that the past generation was fed as mother's milk... The new generation... is getting rid of it little by little and without effort. And one can hope that by the end of this century, racial prejudice will be a thing of the past."
August 1, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Highlights:
• Editorial regarding Vodou in Haiti 🇭🇹
• War and peace in Dahomey 🇧🇯
• Thoughts on vegetarians 🥗
• Dumas fils plays a prank 🎭
• Electric lighting 💡
• More thoughts on the anti-slavery congress ⛓️
• A pianist with a broken leg 🦵
• US tariff fears 💰
• US imperialism in Haiti 🇺🇸
July 29, 2025 at 7:15 PM
You know people or follow them online for years and then suddenly one day it's all they want to talk about.
June 12, 2025 at 5:53 PM
*white people.
June 12, 2025 at 5:52 PM
It makes a few people really rich.
June 12, 2025 at 5:52 PM
The whole thing relies on the unfaltering confidence of its adherents.
June 12, 2025 at 5:51 PM