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THREAD: in preparation for this year's Abolition May check out CNC's newest zine, "Care is Violence Prevention" (by Sophie !)

Read it at https://t.co/ik1K8A0QQY or below :)

CW: discussions of police violence

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2022-04-25

* * * Excited to share our roundtable in print at * * *

"Why Abolition Now? Reflecting on 2020 with Scholar-Activists , & Brianna Byrd" — via

Stay tuned for film...

https://t.co/pLbmVIJIZ4

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2022-04-03

Abolitionist John Brown and trailblazing sculptor Edmonia Lewis’ lives and legacies intersected in telling us much about the arc of the civil rights movement in the late 19th century. Find out how: https://t.co/VJE5RlBv1E

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2022-03-25

Amazons,Abolitionists,and Activists: A Graphic History of Women's Fight for Their Rights (2019)
“A beautifully drawn,hold-no-punches, surprisingly deep dive through the history of women's rights around the world”

Story Mikki Kendall,
Art A. D'Amico
Get it https://t.co/AnCCyLSn6S

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2022-03-25

The book sold over 300,000 copies, making it the most widely sold novel of the 19th Century. Its stark depiction of the horrors of slavery fueled the abolitionist movement and elevated tensions between free and slave-holding states leading up to the

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2022-03-20

Coming at you next month from is this special issue of GLQ, "Queer Fire: Liberation and Abolition." I'm so excited for the work in this new issue to finally be published altogether 🔥

https://t.co/C7fZdwCgrq

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2022-03-09

Sarah Mapps Douglass (1806- 1882) was an American educator, abolitionist, writer, and public lecturer. Her painted images on her written letters may be the first or earliest surviving examples of signed paintings by an African-American woman (Wikipedia)

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2022-02-22

Benjamin Lay was an 18thC abolitionist, Little Person and friend of Benjamin Franklin. His guerilla theatre tactics raised awareness of the injustices of slavery, and led to Quakers opposing it. BENJAMIN LAY TAKES A STAND is a lyrical account of his life and travels

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2022-02-18

. 『出るまで回すガチャ廃人』
(Gacha Abolitionists Who Spin Until They Get It)

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2022-02-16

in 1791, industrialist, inventor, philanthropist, abolitionist, rights advocate, social reformer, education advocate, founder, and local resident Peter Cooper is born. More on his incredible life+legacy: https://t.co/PxzINUWuLa

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2022-02-13

Breaking: local Inazuman dissident & author of several Tri-commission-abolitionist pamphlets insists on using electro vision exclusively for civil disobedience & mass demonstrations.

“This power has a singular & necessary function; it’s to overthrow the ones who granted it.” https://t.co/w6nIuEKfkd

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2022-02-11

to one of our favorite Villagers, b. in 1737. The “Father of the American Revolution” was hailed, then condemned, for his radical ideas - abolition, women’s suffrage, separation of church+state, and social equality. More: https://t.co/gFP3HCpWZR

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2022-02-09

The sketch & final of Ira Aldridge the only African-American actor honored with bronze plaques at the Shakespeare Memorial Theatre at Stratford-Avon. During the abolitionist movement he often addressed his audiences on closing night, speaking about the injustice of slavery.

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2022-02-07

i would say carnage for this but her being a trans woman is canon so i raise you they/them gender abolitionist hobie brown and he/they nonbinary miles morales (also they r boyfriends) https://t.co/Dbv4Z1yzcZ

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2022-02-06

1886: Death of Richard Robert Madden. Born Dr, writer, abolitionist & UI historian. Tried to impose anti-slavery rules in Jamaica on behalf British government. 20 siblings! 🎨undercover in Syria exploring Turkish Empire! https://t.co/n6I0YnYKoW

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2022-02-05

As they escaped, fugitives often passed through her land, she witnessed various attacks by the anti-abolitionists. Realizing that they were not being helped by any external means, Aunt Polly decided to take matters into her own hands to protect, rescue and help runaway slaves.

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2022-02-05

This year of the tiger, let’s begin to explore a world without policing in all its forms. Free the tiger and abolish the police.

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2022-01-24

Would any 18+ people be interested in The Outsiders’ Book Club series on abolition? 👀

[Original art by IG: ]

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2022-01-17

On this, I'm currently reading the story of Benjamin Lay who lived in Colston's lifetime and was a fierce abolitionist. He sought like minded people but their work was quashed by rich slaveowners. Always on the right side of history, he was exonerated 300 years later. https://t.co/iHuYaJ3mxT

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2022-01-08

72. On the other side, the prince Tamadun, the future Beatrice's husband.

Helen can verify that the Princess was right about him: is polite, reasonable, abolitionist... and pretty handsome too.

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2021-12-22