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This is a beautiful ode to William Still; a man who deserves recognition for his major role in the abolitionist movement.
https://t.co/QsyAO7JWdK

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2020-11-05

John Brown, the Kansas abolitionist who seized the Arsenal a month earlier, was convicted in 1859 of murder, treason, and conspiring with slaves to rebel. He was hanged a month later, ending what is known as the Tragic Prelude to the

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2020-11-02

Wishing a very happy 211th birthday to our namesake, Samuel Morley! A wool manufacturer and Liberal MP, Samuel Morley was a vocal abolitionist and staunch believer in social reform, nicknamed the 'Philanthropic Merchant'. We're very proud to bear his name.

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2020-10-15

Never not thinking about Benjamin Lay, my 4' tall, vegetarian, abolitionist Quaker king. He had really long arms and only ate fruit, veg, and honey. He made his own clothes to boycott slave labour and lived in a cave where he raised goats, grew fruit trees, & spun his own flax

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2020-10-13

Day 2 of features my ranger, Arabella, an abolitionist and freedom fighter whose soul is weighed down by her guilt for all the people she's been unable to save across the years. I took a lot of inspiration from the Ghost of Jacob Marley here, if you couldn't tell.

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2020-10-03

Great to see doodle kick of with Ignatius Sancho--abolitionist, composer, shopkeeper, author, and first known Briton of African descent to vote in the UK in Lovely image by

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2020-10-01

Proud to see the illustration of our issue one artist, on today’s Doodle - celebrating British writer, composer, business owner, and abolitionist Ignatius Sancho

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2020-10-01

Celebrating commemorates life of British abolitionist for that takes place in October in the UK
https://t.co/Y2v1QvOIr9

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2020-10-01

Our comrade Ms.G, a Black trans woman and abolitionist organizer who recently came home from jail, is raising money for a new laptop and other necessities. Her goal is $1500. Support her leadership in our movements!
Venmo: llo
Cashapp: $DanielGiovanniello

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2020-09-01

1798: Birth in of Richard Robert Madden. Doctor, writer, abolitionist & U.I. historian. Active role in trying to impose anti-slavery rules in Jamaica on behalf British government. Had 20 siblings! 🎨undercover in Syria exploring Turkish Empire https://t.co/wfrzIvZhM0

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2020-08-22

I'm thrilled to share that Tail, Scale, & Bone—a $1+ Beak, Feather, & Bone supplement illustrated by —has raised $270 for —an abolitionist bail fund here in PGH! Thanks to everyone who's purchased, & donations will continue in perpetuity! https://t.co/ckyDWg0Nok

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2020-07-28

Jummah Mubarak folks 💛✨

Here’s some Jummah inspiration for you all. Such a critical part of abolitionist work is constantly learning— and understanding how all oppressions around the world are inherently linked but also unlearning how the police exist in our minds.

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2020-07-24

Vol. 2 of The Abolition Suite is with abolitionist organizer Mariame Kaba in Ep.253 of

talks through what we all need to remember in this time of uprising, how we can unweave the police from our hearts and minds, and much more.

🔊: https://t.co/GNjrczDQ9W

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2020-07-05

Thank you for your donation and support for the BLM Movement! $50 was donated to The Bail Project ❤️

Also, watch this for an important discussion on abolitionist teaching and antiracist education!
https://t.co/21uvtYTRS0

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2020-06-30

in 1888, statesman & abolitionist Frederick Douglass received a vote in nomination for the US Presidency. Here, Charles White depicts Douglass—who was born into slavery c. 1817 & lived until 1895—guiding 20th-century Black men.
"Frederick Douglass Lives Again" 1949

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2020-06-24

Sarah Mapps Douglass was an abolitionist + educator + painter, as writes in her book "Lifting as We Climb: Black Women's Battle for the Ballot Box." I love these pieces, especially b/c a lot of historical botanical illo reading I've done highlights white artists

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2020-06-20

Harriet Beecher Stowe, author and abolitionist, born June 14, 1811.

"In the old times, women did not get their lives written, though I don't doubt many of them were much better worth writing than the men's."

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2020-06-14

you know who else were called "outside agitators" by the "moderates" of the day? john brown and other radical abolitionists, who sought to overthrow slavery and enact a radical reconstruction, an effort thwarted by "moderates" who instead enabled the rise of jim crow

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2020-05-31

Rep. Preston Brooks (D-SC) beat Sen. Charles Sumner (R-MA) with a cane on the floor of the US Senate in 1856. The violent attack is considered a key turning point in the breakdown of discussion between abolitionists and pro-slavery groups in the years before the

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2020-05-22

From Ada Lovelace, the world’s first computer scientist, to Fanny Kemble, writer, actress and abolitionist, has been home to brave, inspiring and talented women for centuries: https://t.co/Z5b8ygRC56 Image: (courtesy )

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2020-03-08