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These past two weeks in the twittersphere, twitterstorians commemorated the Fourth of July with Frederick Douglass' speech, "What to the Slave is the 4th of July?" Find it here. In addition to the...
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These past two weeks in the twittersphere, the Selectboard of Windsor, Vermont, considered plans to rename a street to honor the life and story of Dinah Mason, an enslaved woman held in bondage by a...
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These past few weeks in the twittersphere, O Say Can You See, a project that makes accessible the freedom suits brought by enslaved families in the Circuit Court for the District of Columbia, Maryland...
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These past few weeks in the twittersphere, The University of Maryland’s College of Arts and Sciences announced that the Department of Women's Studies is changing its name to the Harriet Tubman...
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This week in the twittersphere, Jesuits in St. Louis, Missouri, search for descendants of enslaved people forced to work at the St. Louis University, its church, and St. Stanislaus Seminary. Find out...
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This week in the twittersphere, scholars are working to piece together the story of the Underground Railroad to Mexico, a network that helped thousands of slaves escape to south of the border. Find out...
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These past few weeks in the twittersphere, the Beniba Centre for Slavery Studies, Scotland's first research center for slavery studies, announced it will launch October 27th, 2020. Learn more about the...
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These past few weeks in the Twittersphere, Julia Gaffield explains how Haiti was the first nation to permanently ban slavery and why this matters today in her article published by The Washington Post....
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This past week in the twittersphere, Robert Colby examines women's experiences during the American Civil War in his article published by Black Perspectives. Read more here. Slave medallions are being...
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These past few weeks in the twittersphere, Christienna Fryar talked to researchers Katie Donnington, Meleisa Ono-George, and Hannah Young on women and slavery, from female slaveowners in Britain to...
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