Amanda Mecke
@readtosurvive.bsky.social
A Literary Agent/Book Coach with 45 years experience in both U Press and trade publishing, UCLA English PhD, Pitzer College BA, dog parent, teacher, married LGBTQ advocate, Democrat as long as the GOP exists.
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“Europeans dealt with African Nations as equals when establishing the slave trade because they could not at the time overpower them” is the actually not widely known part of the story. This part is told all the time by people trying to pretend plantation slavery was a universal model
November 14, 2025 at 2:29 PM
“Europeans dealt with African Nations as equals when establishing the slave trade because they could not at the time overpower them” is the actually not widely known part of the story. This part is told all the time by people trying to pretend plantation slavery was a universal model
We have had this happen here, but we reversed it from John Adams’Alien and Sedition Act and the Pinko hunting lies of VP Nixon and Senator MCarthy’s HUAC Inquisitions — which President Eisenhower ended.
November 14, 2025 at 2:58 PM
We have had this happen here, but we reversed it from John Adams’Alien and Sedition Act and the Pinko hunting lies of VP Nixon and Senator MCarthy’s HUAC Inquisitions — which President Eisenhower ended.
Larry Summers always delivers.
November 12, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Larry Summers always delivers.