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Larkin's Choice is free to read on
Real history meets a not so real romance.
Come travel through time to meet William Sims, revolutionary soldier and abolitionist. https://t.co/q8EfYToz9b

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2019-10-30

(1859) - An armed band of abolitionists led by John Brown, launched an assault on the federal armory located at Harpers Ferry, Virginia (now in West Virginia). It was a main precipitating incident to the American

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2019-10-17

Larkin's Choice is free to read on
Real history meets a not so real romance.
Come travel through time to meet William Sims, revolutionary soldier and abolitionist. https://t.co/q8EfYToz9b

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2019-10-16

Today's Goodle Doodle in Brazil features the abolitionist and famous black female author and educator Maria Firmina dos Reis, who wrote the 1859 abolitionist novel Úrsula. The illustration celebrating her life and work was created by artist Nik Neves.

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2019-10-11

50 years ago it was the Civil Rights movement, 50 years before that was the rise of Communism and Fascism, 50 years prior was Industrialization, back another 50 you have the abolition of slavery; its just our turn for a revolution.
We'll get through this, I promise!

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2019-10-10

By 1820, most transatlantic empires in Europe had passed (at least partial) bans on their slave trades.
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The movement coincided with the and the rise of
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2019-08-27

Granville Sharp (1735-1813) was the unofficial leader of the abolitionist movement in Britain. With the London Committee, he lobbied Parliament for 2 decades to pass the Slave Trade Act of 1807, ending the transatlantic slave trade in the

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2019-08-23

On , producer Jim Cooney and Richard A. Ruddy—author of EDMUND G. ROSS: SOLDIER, SENATOR, ABOLITIONIST—discuss the new documentary Freedom and Impeachment.

The film about Ross's life will air tomorrow on New Mexico PBS.

https://t.co/bzJXP2nYKL

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2019-07-10

Nigeria writer & slavery abolitionist Olaudah Equiano (1745-1797), once a slave himself, has his communicator legacy remembered. The new submarine cable connecting Africa's West coast with Europe will have his name. The Equiano Cable has 20x more network capacity than current one

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2019-06-29

“The call comes at the least convenient moment…whenever it comes you must go.”#CivilRights activist Jonathan Daniels reminds us how identity can emerge in seconds. LOVED talking perception, & how to w/Maryland students in Keene 2 go beyond abolitionists!

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2019-06-06

(1851) - Abolitionist & delivers her famous "Ain't I a Woman?" speech at the Women's Rights Convention in Akron, Ohio. Read it here: https://t.co/oC2qwrxd4Y

Artwork: John Foster Dyess; Steve Simon

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2019-05-30

Hey, I'm MJ! I'm an illustrator, writer, cartoonist, & activist for prison abolition, racial justice, and LGBTQ rights. I'm seeking work in children's illustration and comics.

🌐 https://t.co/wVxG19X9Zt
📸 https://t.co/WsrF5kxcUV
💌 mj-robinson.com

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2019-05-14

Going to do a thread on the Black-owned bookstores for

The history of Black bookstores are closely connected to radical politics. Abolitionist David Ruggles was the first African American to start a bookstore, in lower Manhattan in the early 1830s. 1/

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2019-04-27

The great war is over and long years have passed.
But there is a possibility.
We can not be off guard!
A person who can not be ordinary will be the president.
Some people and countries want economic priority over peace.

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2019-04-16

[Podcast] “Personnalités et figures noires dans l'art depuis l'abolition de l'#esclavage en 1794”. Anne Lafont est interviewée sur autour de son livre récemment paru “L'#art et la L’#Africain (tout) contre l’œil des Lumières” https://t.co/P7GVguzC4O

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2019-04-04

Bon cincmanche à tous!
allez voir sur insta sinon: https://t.co/uYR4Z1AhAU
j'ai toujours pas trouver un bon format pour partager ces bds

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2019-03-13

If your feminism relies on the police, prisons and immigration raids — you’re part of the problem.

On 8 March 2019 we strike for the abolition of all prisons and borders.

for the liberation of all! ⚡️




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2019-03-06

William Still (1821-1902) abolitionniste américain
Avant la guerre de sécession, Still assiste les esclaves fugitifs, tient des registres pr aider les familles à se réunir.
1872 il écrit "The underground rail road" sur le système souterrain et les épreuves des esclaves réfugiés.

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2019-02-28

Ah oui et petit detail historique mais pas des moindre, Louis XIII a autorisé la traite des noirs, et Louis XIV a mis en place le code noir (édit du Roy) dans les colonies française. Si il y a eu abolition, c’est qu’il y a eu esclavage.

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2019-02-08