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Lol I have done all 20 sooo many times
January 19, 2025 at 11:24 PM
sonjablanchard.bsky.social
I guess I am at a negative 20 lol... I have done each one sooo many times... so many memories
January 19, 2025 at 11:06 PM
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with their loved ones; but only to go through it repeatedly. This is another part of history that I was not taught in school, but I knew about family separations. New Year's will now seem different for me going forward.

#KeepItWoke
#DedicatedToTam ✡️🕊

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Remembering Heartbreak Day: The Tragedy of New Year's Day for Slave Families in the United States - TalkAfricana
Heartbreak Day, also known as New Year's Day, was a day of great fear and sadness for many enslaved families in the United States.
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December 29, 2024 at 2:05 PM
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families. To slavers, "Hiring Day" was profitable and common practice in the south. To slaves, it was known as "Heartbreak Day". Usually, the auctioned slave would never see his/her family again. A rented slave had a better chance of reuniting (cont)

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‘The Slaves Dread New Year’s Day the Worst’: The Grim History of January 1
New Year's Day used to be widely known as "Hiring Day" or "Heartbreak Day"
time.com
December 29, 2024 at 2:05 PM