When Black Americans were freed in the southern states and began celebrating the Fourth of July, confederate mobs responded in hostility and banned most of their celebrations. Dulce Sloan unpacks the complicated relationship Black Americans have with Independence Day. #DailyShow #DulceSloan #July4th
Happy belated birthday Ms. Lady!! The 4th of July wasn’t meant for us black people!! We weren’t free on that day.
ReplyTime was, I was utterly convinced that the American Colonies _had_ to sever our ties with the British Empire like we did in the Revolutionary War in order to end our dependence on slavery like we did in the Civil War.
ReplyBut since then, I have discovered that the British Empire made it officially illegal to practice slavery in 1807 and the practice continued in Britain’s extended colonies until 1838. This suggests quite strongly to me that if we had remained part of the British Empire, we might well have ended our dependence on slavery more than a generation _sooner_ than we did. We might well have freed our fellow human beings more than a _generation sooner._
Happy Birthday, Dulce!!
ReplyHer cloth must be made of reinforced concrete in order to keep all that fat in place.
ReplyHappy birthday beautiful
ReplyCelebrate the birth of the country that has always rejected you, and built its economy on the sweat, blood and lives of your ancestors
ReplyBefore the invention of the cotton gin, the crop was unprofitable. At the time of nations formation, the founding fathers simply thought slavery would die out rather quickly.
ReplyIs it really? Happy birthday!
ReplyHappy InepenDulce!!!
ReplyHappy Birthday Dulce!!! Dope history lesson!!!
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