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Harry Bōlz reposted
Insurrection Barbie
@DefiyantlyFree
In the 1860 census, only 1.6% of the ENTIRE COUNTRY owned slaves.
4.8% of the southern population.
Perspective.
We were not the first country that had slaves, but we were one of the first countries to abolish slavery.
America paid reparations, in blood. The blood of 600,000 soldiers who died to abolish slavery.
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Cori Bush
@CoriBush
Feb 10
From 1619 to 1865, the US benefited from over 222 million hours of unpaid, dehumanizing, forced labor by enslaved black people per scholars. This labor- primarily the production of tobacco, rice, sugar, and cotton- would be valued at over $97 trillion today. Built off the backs.
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