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  1. The Confederate Question Never Closed

    An old professor's epigram, tested against the monuments, the forts, the flag, a Supreme Court ruling from this spring, and the counterfeit history of emancipation now spreading online. An old history professor of mine once offered a sentence that has outlasted most of what I learned in his classroom. The South lost the battle, he said, and won the war. He meant that the Confederacy was more alive in the present than it had been on the April morning when Lee surrendered to Grant at Appomattox. The claim sounded like provocation at the time. It reads now like a weather report. Army forts carry the names of men who took up arms against the United States. The Supreme Court has just rewritten the rules that protected Black voters in the states most determined to suppress them. A battle flag the rebel armies never managed to carry into Washington was paraded through the Capitol in 2021. My professor's epigram deserves a hearing, and it deserves a harder examination than its admirers usually give it, because one half of it is true in a way that should alarm anyone who wants a working democracy, and the other half is false in a way that can disarm the people who would defend one. […]

    bolesblogs.com/2026/07/02/the-

  2. The Confederate Question Never Closed

    An old professor's epigram, tested against the monuments, the forts, the flag, a Supreme Court ruling from this spring, and the counterfeit history of emancipation now spreading online. An old history professor of mine once offered a sentence that has outlasted most of what I learned in his classroom. The South lost the battle, he said, and won the war. He meant that the Confederacy was more alive in the present than it had been on the April morning when Lee surrendered to Grant at Appomattox. The claim sounded like provocation at the time. It reads now like a weather report. Army forts carry the names of men who took up arms against the United States. The Supreme Court has just rewritten the rules that protected Black voters in the states most determined to suppress them. A battle flag the rebel armies never managed to carry into Washington was paraded through the Capitol in 2021. My professor's epigram deserves a hearing, and it deserves a harder examination than its admirers usually give it, because one half of it is true in a way that should alarm anyone who wants a working democracy, and the other half is false in a way that can disarm the people who would defend one. […]

    bolesblogs.com/2026/07/02/the-

  3. June 19, 1865; the #emancipation #proclamation was signed. #freeing all #slaves. But news didn't #travel #fast back then. Slaves in the #deep, deep #south #served two more years before word of #freedom was #heard. I know some stuff and it's in the #book.

  4. June 19, 1865; the #emancipation #proclamation was signed. #freeing all #slaves. But news didn't #travel #fast back then. Slaves in the #deep, deep #south #served two more years before word of #freedom was #heard. I know some stuff and it's in the #book.

  5. @dougcuff @jeffowski

    They want #slaves - #workers who will do whatever they're asked, without ever pushing back. And, because they're #assholes, they want their #robots to *understand* that they can't say, "no."

    #Techbros are #evil. #ChangeMyMind

  6. @dougcuff @jeffowski

    They want #slaves - #workers who will do whatever they're asked, without ever pushing back. And, because they're #assholes, they want their #robots to *understand* that they can't say, "no."

    #Techbros are #evil. #ChangeMyMind

  7. #FunFact #OTD 1776 the Continental Congress had declared Friday, May 17, 1776, as a national day of “Humiliation, Fasting and Prayer” the proclamation specifically referenced seeking forgiveness in the "merits and mediation of Jefus Chrift".

    The text drafted by a New Jersey delegate stated “it becomes the indispensable duty of these hitherto free and happy colonies, with true penitence of heart, and the most reverent devotion, publickly to acknowledge the over ruling providence of God.” 

    While proposed by a New Jersey delegate, in Massachusetts numerous copies were printed for distribution to every congregation, replacing the British “God Save the King” with “God Save This People.”

    Congress was framing the war as a divine test, asking for aid of the Lord, and believing national repentance could secure God’s protection. This reflected the covenant theology common among New England clergy: nations prosper or suffer according to their obedience to God.

    George Washington himself apparently observed the proclamation, enforcing strict troop observance as colonialists were urged to humbly #confess sins, and #repent amidst the surging Revolutionary war movement. Efforts were made to ensure the American colonials spent time engaged in seeking God’s assistance in the quest for #liberty from the British #monarchy.

    The British, who'd soon ban the slave trade, generally refrained from authoritatively affiliating with God, or claiming religious right to their colonies, while American revolutionaries heavily used #Christian rhetoric to justify resistance. #Colonialists invoked God as an ally in their quest for territorial independence, oft found ways to interpret bible passages as justification to continue importing and owning #slaves.

    #MyCountryTisOfThee

  8. fromoldbooks.org/Various-Leisu

    Leg-irons are considered torture by the UN today (although they are used routinely in some countries) and can cause serious injury long term, but this picture and the article were over a hundred years ago. The prisoners wore different coloured hats depending on the length of their sentence.

    Used a larger image to see if it comes out better.

    #vintageEngraving #ankleCuffs #fetters #prison #prisoners #slaves #slavery $fobo #GIMP #legirons #shackles #fetters #historical

  9. fromoldbooks.org/Various-Leisu

    Leg-irons are considered torture by the UN today (although they are used routinely in some countries) and can cause serious injury long term, but this picture and the article were over a hundred years ago. The prisoners wore different coloured hats depending on the length of their sentence.

    Used a larger image to see if it comes out better.

    #vintageEngraving #ankleCuffs #fetters #prison #prisoners #slaves #slavery $fobo #GIMP #legirons #shackles #fetters #historical

  10. What do you mean you can’t find a #job? Have you looked on #Indeed? What about #Linkedin? You should try #Upwork. How about #Rise? Have you tried #Jobera? Take a look on #Dribbble. You GOTTA be on #Jooble, dude. Get on Jooble. Jooble has it for you.

    #classwar #slavery #slave #slaves #gif #antiwork #antislavery #fuckwork #eattherich #wageslave #wageslavery #anticapitalism

  11. What do you mean you can’t find a #job? Have you looked on #Indeed? What about #Linkedin? You should try #Upwork. How about #Rise? Have you tried #Jobera? Take a look on #Dribbble. You GOTTA be on #Jooble, dude. Get on Jooble. Jooble has it for you.

    #classwar #slavery #slave #slaves #gif #antiwork #antislavery #fuckwork #eattherich #wageslave #wageslavery #anticapitalism

  12. "Roll, Jordan, Roll" (#Roud 6697), also "Roll, Jordan", is a #spiritual created by enslaved African Americans, developed from a song written by #IsaacWatts in the 18th century which became well known among #slaves in the United States during the 19th century. Appropriated as a coded message for escape, by the end of the #AmericanCivilWar it had become known through much of the eastern United States. In the 19th century, it #helped inspire #blues.
    youtube.com/watch?v=rM15iIE_S_Y

  13. "Roll, Jordan, Roll" (#Roud 6697), also "Roll, Jordan", is a #spiritual created by enslaved African Americans, developed from a song written by #IsaacWatts in the 18th century which became well known among #slaves in the United States during the 19th century. Appropriated as a coded message for escape, by the end of the #AmericanCivilWar it had become known through much of the eastern United States. In the 19th century, it #helped inspire #blues.
    youtube.com/watch?v=rM15iIE_S_Y

  14. Actively repeating history. And Fox News was applauding this.

    There is absolutely no reason to trust US statements in any way, not even head counts. If anything the working assumption should be that, unless and until otherwise identified, they are all US citizens guilty of no crime. This situation is reprehensible regardless of their actual nationalities, and compounded by the regimes actions in court we shouldn't at all dismiss the possibility that the US has gleefully deported it's own citizens, and sold them into slavery

    time.com/7269604/el-salvador-p

    From mstdn.social/@mcnado/114212025

    #ICE #CBP #DHS #Deportees #Prison #Prisoners #Slaves #ConcentrationCamp #Detainees #Venezuela #ElSalvador

  15. Actively repeating history. And Fox News was applauding this.

    There is absolutely no reason to trust US statements in any way, not even head counts. If anything the working assumption should be that, unless and until otherwise identified, they are all US citizens guilty of no crime. This situation is reprehensible regardless of their actual nationalities, and compounded by the regimes actions in court we shouldn't at all dismiss the possibility that the US has gleefully deported it's own citizens, and sold them into slavery

    time.com/7269604/el-salvador-p

    From mstdn.social/@mcnado/114212025

    #ICE #CBP #DHS #Deportees #Prison #Prisoners #Slaves #ConcentrationCamp #Detainees #Venezuela #ElSalvador

  16. In the history of the #revolts against #slavery, enslaved #women must not be reduced to the role of passive victims of colonial violence. This is particularly evident in the case of Carlota #Lucumí, who heroically defended herself against her oppressors with a machete in her hand and is still considered a revolutionary #symbol of Cuba today.
    Long before the Cuban Revolution, the so-called #Triunvirato #Revolution shaped the history of the island, during which numerous #slaves rose up against their owners. It was a large movement that took hold of several plantations. For once, the rebellion was led by a woman who is now revered as a hero and #resistance fighter in #Cuba: #Carlota.
    arte.tv/de/videos/111826-002-A
    Carlota Lukumi AfroCuban Woman Rebel Leader:
    youtube.com/watch?v=vpCLgQKZfB
    ‘Operation Carlota, Cuba's internationalist #solidarity mission with the peoples of Angola and #South Africa, was to last more than 15 years. During this time, more than 330,000 Cubans served in #Angola to defend the independence and #freedom and the right of Angola, the #self-determination of the peoples of southern #Africa.’
    cubadebate.cu/especiales/2020/
    The Cuban Operation Carlota began on 5 November 1975
    counterpunch.org/2015/11/05/cu
    cubaperiodistas.cu/2021/05/ope
    #Cuba#revolucion#OtD#OurHistory

  17. In the history of the #revolts against #slavery, enslaved #women must not be reduced to the role of passive victims of colonial violence. This is particularly evident in the case of Carlota #Lucumí, who heroically defended herself against her oppressors with a machete in her hand and is still considered a revolutionary #symbol of Cuba today.
    Long before the Cuban Revolution, the so-called #Triunvirato #Revolution shaped the history of the island, during which numerous #slaves rose up against their owners. It was a large movement that took hold of several plantations. For once, the rebellion was led by a woman who is now revered as a hero and #resistance fighter in #Cuba: #Carlota.
    arte.tv/de/videos/111826-002-A
    Carlota Lukumi AfroCuban Woman Rebel Leader:
    youtube.com/watch?v=vpCLgQKZfB
    ‘Operation Carlota, Cuba's internationalist #solidarity mission with the peoples of Angola and #South Africa, was to last more than 15 years. During this time, more than 330,000 Cubans served in #Angola to defend the independence and #freedom and the right of Angola, the #self-determination of the peoples of southern #Africa.’
    cubadebate.cu/especiales/2020/
    The Cuban Operation Carlota began on 5 November 1975
    counterpunch.org/2015/11/05/cu
    cubaperiodistas.cu/2021/05/ope
    #Cuba#revolucion#OtD#OurHistory

  18. Le #Voyage d' #Ibn-Fadlan sur la #Volga
    Le #calife #abbasside, Al #Muktader envoie en 921, un #émissaire #diplomate vers les pays limitrophes non musulmans, des pays #slaves jusqu'aux pays #scandinaves et ce, afin de leur proposer de se convertir, tout en décrivant leurs #coutumes et #traditions, leurs sociétés, afin de mieux les connaître et établir éventuellement, des #relations #commerciales et #économiques
    muslimheritage.com/ahmad-ibn-f
    unesdoc.unesco.org/ark:/48223/

    #Vikings #travel #Europe

  19. Le #Voyage d' #Ibn-Fadlan sur la #Volga
    Le #calife #abbasside, Al #Muktader envoie en 921, un #émissaire #diplomate vers les pays limitrophes non musulmans, des pays #slaves jusqu'aux pays #scandinaves et ce, afin de leur proposer de se convertir, tout en décrivant leurs #coutumes et #traditions, leurs sociétés, afin de mieux les connaître et établir éventuellement, des #relations #commerciales et #économiques
    muslimheritage.com/ahmad-ibn-f
    unesdoc.unesco.org/ark:/48223/

    #Vikings #travel #Europe

  20. In a fascinating article, Andrea Addobbati and Francesca Bregoli use a recently discovered play in French from 1786 to mine into the rapidly shifting place Livornese #Jews had in the Tuscan public sphere, in the context of ransoming captives across the Mediterranean.

    👉 The Livornese #Slaves in Algiers: The #Jewish Question and Political #Theatre in Late Eighteenth-Century #Tuscany
    ➡️ cambridge.org/core/journals/an

    #histodons #AnnalesinEnglish #Annales @histodons

  21. Interesting they use Booker T Washington as an example of one who benefited from these "skills." (Slavery ended while he was still a small child) Leaving aside the larger issue that racists often love him because he was an accomodationist, what made him famous was writing UP FROM #SLAVERY.
    Funny thing: #slaveowners did not teach #slaves to read.
    Or write.
    Certainly not to write books. So what "skills" do they mean here was he taught by being born a slave?
    #desantis #florida

  22. Interesting they use Booker T Washington as an example of one who benefited from these "skills." (Slavery ended while he was still a small child) Leaving aside the larger issue that racists often love him because he was an accomodationist, what made him famous was writing UP FROM #SLAVERY.
    Funny thing: #slaveowners did not teach #slaves to read.
    Or write.
    Certainly not to write books. So what "skills" do they mean here was he taught by being born a slave?
    #desantis #florida

  23. What's all this about #ModernSlavery?

    Do they mean #humanTrafficking or #slavery caused by #bankers using the #moneyPrinter then demanding interest?

    Do bureaucrats ever draw a correlation between #sanctions coupled with giving weapons to #extremists in foreign lands and the conditions that make people #slaves, or fall into the clutches of #humanTraffickers?

    #ponziEconomics #inflationAsTheft #Libya #Venezuela #weaponsIndustry

  24. Bank accounts of #Canadians frozen, and #bitcoinExchanges co-opted by the neofascist #corporateState.

    People in Canada are treated as both #slaves and #terrorists

    …because effective #protest.

    Its as if we haven't been saying #BitcoinCoreFixesThis. We repeat for emphasis *Bitcoin Core* (and other #fullNode and #fullCustody systems).

    And that 80% of the exchanges are flecking #CloudFlare.

    #notYourKeysNotYourBitcoin #runAFullNode #useTor #useI2P #bankerCrimes #technoFascism #revolutionNow