The author of 'The Three Musketeers', 'The Count of Monte Cristo' & 'The Iron Mask' was a black writer called Alexander Dumas

His mother was a black Haitian enslaved woman






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It's giving colonial ASS racism and reminds me a great deal of how the French viewed a certain body type from a particular tribe they enslaved from Africa and put on display in shows and attractions like animals.

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Bokkun from Sonic X is such a weird character design: he doesn’t even look like a robot and I swear at one point when I was a toddler I just assumed he was some mythical creature Eggman either tamed or enslaved to work for him.

What the heck is he even modeled after?

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Clone Wars’ Zygerria arc but enslaved Anakin is actually forced to wear these

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I slaved over this drawing after seeing that tweet but ITS DONE!!! Need not to wonder any longer https://t.co/vwtapyjvA2

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It was once thought the portrait (left) was Hercules Posey, a renowned chef enslaved by George Washington who freed himself. His hat was mistaken for the tall chef’s toque that emerged in the 1820s, but it is likely the style depicted Brunias' “Free West Indian Dominicans” c 1770

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8/ As a runaway, Omar sought a place of worship, & found a church & began praying. When discovered, authorities took Omar into custody. He gained notoriety for writing on the walls of his jail cell in Arabic, challenging beliefs that enslaved Africans were illiterate

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Today, is International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade & its Abolition.

Around this time, 1791 (starting the eve of 22 Aug), Africans enslaved in Saint Domingue rose up, & fought against their enslavement by the French. This lit the spark for abolishment.

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Aug 22 1791— Haitian revolution

⛓️A revolutionary uprising forged enslaved Africans on a small Caribbean island into an army of self-emancipation to create the world’s first black republic

📜Read more https://t.co/gYTB0dMgiJ

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READ IT, BRIL

IT'S THE SEXIEST, MOST HILARIOUS, MYSTERIOUS, HEART-WRENCHING ENEMIES TO LOVERS STORY MADE UP OF AN "I'm sexy and I know it" GONG AND AN ABSOLUTE TEASE OF A RASCAL SHOU WHOSE GOT UNLIMITED MONEY AND PTSD

ALSO THEY ARE ENSLAVED BY A FAT CAT

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21 Aug 1791 the Haitian revolution began as 100,000 enslaved people rose up and eventually overthrew both slavery and French rule, creating the world's first Black republic.

Read Black Jacobins!
https://t.co/JnHBLeQWcS

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Ranks even below 妾Concubine is 嬖. In case of serious crime as as treason, entire clan are sentenced. Men executed/exiled/enslaved, women enslaved. These enslaved women and their female descendants are 嬖.

Unlike 妾 and their son, illegal to elevate status of 嬖.

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Known as the living shadows, they are a race originating from a wandering planet which fell into the hands of an ancient dark god who enslaved the species, later saved and transferred to Terminus by the Inquisitors.

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Stolen from Earth & enslaved, humanity survives. In the eons since, their masters died away, and all too human problems soon birthed new divisions and conflict. As humanity's arch-war ends some seek to undo this new reprieve by resurrecting a dire threat. https://t.co/e10OD94wsC

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Stolen from Earth & enslaved, humanity survives. In the eons since, their masters died away, and all too human problems soon birthed new divisions and conflict. As humanity's arch-war ends, some seek to undo this new reprieve by resurrecting a dire threat. https://t.co/UsVOqrwRvq

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Stolen from Earth & enslaved, humanity survives. In the eons since, their masters died away, and all too human problems soon birthed new divisions and conflict. As humanity's arch-war ends, some seek to undo this new reprieve by resurrecting a dire threat. https://t.co/e10OD94wsC

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I slaved over this! Now I sleep, good night lovelies~!
💤💤💤💤

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(cw for darkish theme)

bits of my idea of xiao’s backstory, and how he was first enslaved. it is under my hc that he is zv’s biological son, and was taken from them this way. srry its not the strongest storyline i cant write well rn 😔

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Stolen from Earth & enslaved, humanity survives. In the eons since, their masters died away, and all too human problems soon birthed new divisions and conflict. As humanity's arch-war ends, some seek to undo this new reprieve by resurrecting a dire threat. https://t.co/UsVOqrwRvq

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i love this so much... i love how recent soke doesn't shy away with saying what bendix is, a DICTATOR, an ENSLAVER, the fact that some people call jay a "terrorist" for wanting to free his enslaved people is beyond me

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