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Mum Bett and Abolition in Massachusetts

Posted on February 2, 2015 by toritto

“anytime while I was a slave, if one minute’s freedom had been offered to me, and I had been told I must die at the end of that minute, I would have taken it—just to stand one minute on God’s … Continue reading →

Posted in history | Tagged Barrington, daughter Betsy, Elizabeth Freeman, Hannah Ashley, John Ashley, Justice Cushng, Kyra Sedgwick, Massachusetts, Massachusettts Constitution, Mum Bett, slavery, slavery in Massachusetts, Supreme Court of Massachusetts, Theodore Sedgwick, W.E.B. Dubois | 9 Comments

On Ferguson

Posted on August 19, 2014 by toritto

. W. E. B. Dubois . “I sit with Shakespeare and he winces not. Across the color-line I move arm in arm with Balzac and Dumas, where smiling men and welcoming women glide in gilded halls. From out … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged America, black panther party, civil rights movement, Ferguson, Martin Luther King, not always non-violent, oppression, racism, W.E.B. Dubois | Leave a comment

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