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@fromslaves.bsky.socialIn July 1852, Evans and I escaped Powell's turpentine shanties in Cumberland County, NC. Powell knew where to look, near Little River in Wake County, where both our wives lived. We risked everything to reunite with them. My name was WASHINGTON. #slavery #blackhistory
![$50 REWARD. RANAWAY from the subscriber, in Cumberland County, on the 30th July, two negro men, Washington and Evans. I have no doubt they are lurking about Little River, near Joseph Fowler's, in Wake county, where they both have wives, or about my plantation in the same neighborhood. I will pay the above reward of Fifty Dollars for the delivery of the said negroes at my Shanties near Murchison & Johnson's Turpentine Distillery on the Plank Road, 20 miles west of Fayetteville, or half of the above reward for either one of them. JOS. [Joseph] D. POWELL. Cumberland, Aug. 9, 1853[sic]. 293--wtf.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_fullsize/plain/did:plc:eo72y36kkln5nqf53nsmbodi/bafkreieeyry6keladkwicl3nk3soddde6x36revo2clorjp6apjrmok6we@png)
@histhapp.bsky.socialFounded by free and enslaved Black Virginians in 1776, Williamsburg’s First Baptist Church reclaimed its original site yesterday. Rebuilding it restores a story long excluded from Colonial Williamsburg. #BlackHistory apnews.com/article/virg...
@sabeet.bsky.social1. On this day, October 10, 1871, American educator, intellectual, and civil rights activists, Octavius Valentine Catto was shot and killed in Philadelphia by rioters while urging blacks to vote.
Octavius was born free in Charleston, South Carolina on February 22, 1839, in a
@nottslgbt.bsky.socialFor Black History Month, let’s honour LGBT+ voices, their courage, and contributions that have shaped our communities. 🖤🏳️🌈
#BlackLGBTQHistoryMonth #BlackQueerJoy #LGBTQHistory #BlackHistory #PrideAndProgress #nottslgbt #Nottingham #Nottinghamshire #lgbtcommunity #nottslgbtnetwork #LGBTQ
@totalblacktv.bsky.social🔥 Total Black TV. Activism. Knowledge, culture, and truth told unapologetically. #TBTV #TotalBlackTV #Activism #BlackHistory #BlackCulture
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@bluediamondgirl.bsky.social@histhapp.bsky.socialA new Dallas museum exhibit opens today to challenge the myth of an all-white Wild West. After emancipation, Black cowboys helped drive cattle across the frontier—roughly 1 in 4 trail cowboys. #BlackHistory #history #museum #historynews #afamhistory www.dhhrm.org/press-releas...
@unrapporteur1.bsky.socialThe Civil War: All Night Forever
YouTube video by Ken Burns
@ladychelsea.bsky.socialIn honor of #BannedBookWeek, I am reading Black AF History by Michael Harriot. It is an unapologetically blunt retelling of Black American history with none of the whitewashing typical of American education today.
@aam-em.bsky.social2009 Nobel Peace Prize Lecture by Barack Obama
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AORo-YEXxNQ
#BlackHistory365 #BarackObama #OnThisDay #AfricanAmericanHistory #BlackHistory #NobelPeacePrize #PresidentialHistory #Diplomacy #Peacebuilding #BlackLeadership #PreservingOurStory #TheEnglandManor
@hrapb.bsky.socialThe stories history left out are ready to be told. The ReWrite brings the past to life.
#TheReWrite #BlackHistory #HistoricalDrama #TEODBVision #TikTokSeries
@hrapb.bsky.socialThe ReWrite: A Legacy Reclaimed ✊🏾
#TheReWrite #BlackHistory #HistoricalDrama #TEODBVision #TikTokSeries
@hrapb.bsky.socialThe ReWrite: One Handshake. A New Chapter. ✊🏾
#TheReWrite #BlackHistory #TVSeries #TEODBVision #TikTokSeries
@hrapb.bsky.socialThe ReWrite: A New Chapter in Black History ✊🏾
#TheReWrite #BlackHistory #HistoricalDrama #TEODBVision #TikTokSeries
@aam-em.bsky.socialObama’s 2009 Nobel Peace Prize Lecture: Lessons in Hope and Resilience
Shared from @gabriel.stuve 🎥✨ Full credit to them. Watch more 📺
https://www.instagram.com/reels/DWhfu0WgF-k/
#BlackHistory365 #BarackObama #OnThisDay #AfricanAmericanHistory #BlackHistory #NobelPeacePrize #President
@885wfdd.bsky.socialCarver High School in Winston-Salem celebrates 90 years since opening in 1936 as the first school serving Black students outside city limits. #WFDD #CarverHigh #BlackHistory
@sassy0210.bsky.socialBlack history is American history.
@stanmcc.bsky.socialSeems even our everyday words have a sinister meaning behind them. #bulldoze #Blackhistory 50 plus years alive and just learning things about this country.