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

[Original art by IG: ]

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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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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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"For somehow not only at Christmas but all the long year through, the joy you give to others is the joy that comes back to you." John Greenleaf Whittier, Quaker poet and advocate of the abolition of slavery 🎂 born

♡ Feeling the spirit!

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1859
December 02
Abolitionist John Brown is hanged
Militant abolitionist John Brown is executed on charges of treason, murder and insurrection on December 2, 1859. 

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in 1788 it was a man (James Dore) who gave a sermon on the African slave trade: but it was radical publisher and campaigner Martha Gurney who made it a best-selling sensation. A powerful influencer, her London shop was a hub for abolitionists.
https://t.co/8pvoJkUazZ

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Abolition of all right of inheritance. (https://t.co/bdvsYQKynk)

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Still mindblown that Thomas Nast was the 19th century abolitionist political cartoonist who first depicted not only our modern interpretation of Santa Claus but also the Republicans’ elephant in Lincoln-era (before the switch when GOP still stood for blacks, workers and farmers)

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Benjamin Lay ーーーan Anglo-American Quaker humanitarian and abolitionist.
Painting of him by William Williams in 1750.

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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/AnCCyM9XYq

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Happy 227th birthday to noted poet, abolitionist editor of the Evening Post and founder of NYMC, William Cullen Bryant (1794 – 1878). He held the office of president of the Board of Trustees for ten years. Bryant's portrait is on display in the lobby of Sunshine Cottage.

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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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Prison abolitionists where are you
a everyday until this man is out of prison

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The Benjamin Lay juggernaut continues as I try to bring this kick-ass abolitionist back to public memory: scholarly book published; graphic novel coming Nov. 2; play, children’s book, and TV series in the works; documentary imagined and funded; feature film still a dream.

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Parit The Starlight Mage🌟 inspired by Parit Chiwarak (aka Penguin) a young Thai political activist, he was recently imprisoned for calling for reform of the monarchy and abolition of the Lèse-majesté law in Thailand 🤐✊💥

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