SlaveCodes.org
SlaveCodes.org publishes slave codes from the days of chattel slavery across the Americas. The codes are translated in English, Spanish, French, and Portuguese.
- Reposted by SlaveCodes.orgThat book made it easier for me to see relationships between braiding as communication technology, as a site of collaboration between the braider and person who's hair is being braided, and code. Afro-Colombian braiding traditions. Braids as maps, warnings, intention, risk management, collaboration
- Reposted by SlaveCodes.org100% of the products tested had carcinogens. 9 out of 10 has lead. A protective hairstyle should not lead to premature death. Synthetic hair is not regulated by the FDA. Between this, carcinogins in relaxers and in hair dyes, there seems to be no regard at all for Black women's health. #BlackSky
- Reposted by SlaveCodes.orgNone the less it has helped draft up something quick to build a tool I might use in the future for @slavecodes.org !
- Reposted by SlaveCodes.orgPresque là! Mon livre Réparations: Combats pour la mémoire de l'esclavage (XVIII-XXIe siècle) traduction de mon Reparations for Slavery and the Slave Trade: A Transnational and Comparative History (Le Seuil) dans toutes les librairies françaises le 11 avril www.seuil.com/ouvrage/repa...
- Reposted by SlaveCodes.orgHere's a story that illustrates why primary sources are important & how Black history is whitewashed. It involves a mass slave escape, Government-sponsored slut-shaming, my nomination for the Blackest name in history & the guy who discovered two words that might end racism. A thread.
- We're happy to announce the transcription and publication of the D.C. Slave Code of 1860. We dive into this slave legislation in a blog post showing its relevance today and why some things just don't seem to change 165 years after the law was made.
- Happy to announce the transcription of the DC Slave Code of 1860 is complete! I hope to publish this on @slavecodes.org before the end of #BHM
- Reposted by SlaveCodes.orgFresh words ✨ "Despite a white-washed version of the story portraying d'Iberville as a curious explorer, an honest rendering reveals the French weren’t just bringing a sweet cake to Louisiana but also ships carrying enslaved African people." medium.com/@allyfromnol...
- Reposted by SlaveCodes.orgI’m four generations away from slavery. Four. My great great grandmother was born enslaved in the Caribbean. I had tea with my great grandmother. My mother is in her 70s. Four generations. This freedom thing is new and fragile.
- Reposted by SlaveCodes.orgPermanent mood.
- Today I Learned: The Laws of Enslavement and Freedom in the Anglo-Atlantic World Website slaveryandfreedomlaws.lib.unb.ca
- Reposted by SlaveCodes.orgOakland. Next Monday. With Dylan Penningroth.
- "no minister ... within this colony and dominion, shall hereafter wittingly presume to marry a white man with a negro or mulatto woman; or to marry a white woman with a negro or mulatto man,.." -October 1705 Virginia Annex of Laws Undoing Loving v. Virginia would take us back centuries.
- Reposted by SlaveCodes.org1. Girl? We ain’t gang, bih 2. The only reason the Irish (& other European immigrant groups) are now considered white is b/c your assimilation into whiteness was necessary to bolster your Census numbers for political power. It’s part of why Census categories change every 10 years through history.
