SlaveCodes.org

We are all the products of many fathers. Hardback an audiobook read by yours truly out October 28 pre-order now.

Roywoodjrbook.com

Photo of The Husband and I on our wedding day, laughing in front of the Brooklyn Bridge 😊 he's wearing a great blue suit, I'm in a strapless gown and holding a vibrant bouquet, and my hair is all blowing in the wind hehe

Aaay it was just pointed out to me that Loving v. Virginia was decided on this day in 1967

Shout out to the case that recognized my and The Husband's constitutional right to get married almost two months ago, and to actually treating the Reconstruction Amendments with some respect

Braids for Afro-Colombian women is rooted in rebellionSources: Aj+ Español, The Washington Post, Travel Noire How Braids Were Used As Escape Maps

That 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

Synthetic hair marketed to Black women contains carcinogens and lead, report finds Ingredients that can cause cancer were found in 10 synthetic hair products marketed to Black women, according to Consumer Reports. Nine of the products also contained lead.

100% 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

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a webpage titled PDF OCR Viewer subtitle "1848 Slave Code of District of Columbia" a Previous Button, "Page 13 of 61", a next button. on the left is the 13th pdf page of the slave code. on the right is the transcribed text from the OLM OCR AI Model. An excerpt of the text on this page reads: of the district of Columbia. 13 servant or slave to the highest bidder, and out of the money or tobacco which such servant or slave is sold for, to pay himself his commission; and in case the purchase money was never paid, no imprisonment fees as are just due for the time he has kept such servant or slave in his custody, nor also to pay any such other reward as have become due to any person for taking up runaway servant or slave, and after such payments, if any of the money or tobacco such servant or slave was sold for, such sheriff shall only be accountable to the master or owner of such servant or slave for such residue or remainder; and, in case any sheriff or the buyer of such servant or slave, or others concerned in the execution of this act, shall be sued by any persons for any matter or thing done or to be done in pursuance hereof, it shall be lawful for every such person so sued to plead the general issue and give this Act and the special matter in evidence, and in case of non-suit, discontinuance or verdict against the plaintiff, the court shall award double costs of suit. Laws of Maryland, 1729; Ch. 5, Sect. 3. CHAPTER XVI. SLAVES CAUGHT AWAY FROM THEIR HOMES—HOW PUNISHED. Every constable shall be obliged to repair once a month to all suspected places within his hundred, and if at any such place he shall find any negroes or other slaves, besides the negroes or other slaves belonging to the owner of such place, not having a license under their owner or overseer's hand, it shall be lawful for the constable and he is required to whip every such negro on the bare back, at his discretion, not exceeding thirty-nine lashes; and all negroes and other slaves belonging...

None the less it has helped draft up something quick to build a tool I might use in the future for @slavecodes.org !

bsky.app/profile/slav...

Presque 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...

Here'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.

It took several months to get through the transcription but happy to have gotten it done for #BlackHistoryMonth.

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

slaveryandfreedomlaws.lib.unb.ca/tags/baptism

To further substantiate this, here is a link to 32 British pieces of Slave Legislation on baptism. In the de jure sense, it was law to baptize slaves as an attempt to stop indigenous African religions from being practiced.

How Racism Blocks Students From Learning History of King Cake Many enjoy a slice without understanding its origins

Fresh 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."

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I’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.

Permanent mood.

Today I Learned: The Laws of Enslavement and Freedom in the Anglo-Atlantic World Website

slaveryandfreedomlaws.lib.unb.ca

Oakland. Next Monday. With Dylan Penningroth.

Thank you for speaking and answering my questions last night at the Commonwealth Club!

The Collins machete story was intriguing!

"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.

It was usually one of the first laws in a corpus of slave codes to baptize the enslaved.

You'll find that to be the case in most every slave code.

1. 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.

The Development of Mastery and Race in the Comprehensive Slave Codes of the Greater Caribbean during the Seventeenth Century - Edward B. Rugemer "The assembly deployed a relatively new word, white, in its Servant Act of 1681, a change that illuminates the continued efforts of the English in the Caribbean to racialize slavery. Previous servant acts had consistently used the term Christian to refer to European indentured servants, but Jamaica’s 1681 Servant Act dropped Christian in favor of white. As previously discussed, the Barbados Assembly in its 1661 comprehensive acts made clear distinctions between “Christian servants” and “Negro slaves.” But though Barbadians had begun to articulate the language of race in their description of the “Negro,” the law had not employed the term white. The word white as a description of Europeans had emerged gradually and inconsistently.

To support #2 - Oliver Cromwell's conquest of Ireland led to Irish indentured servants across Jamaica, Barbados, and elsewhere. Colonists used a new term - white - instead of christian to distinguish indentured servants from (christianized) enslaved blacks to remove ambiguity of rights between them.

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@brandontensley.bsky.social may I be added to this list?

That part.

Hi! I will be writing about 15-19th century history on slave codes which covers the slave codes themselves and the echoes of their effects in today's society.

Feel free to add me to the list if you think it's a good fit.

Would it be cool to connect and talk about slave codes sometime?

American history is an uncomfortable truth.

This is the kind of white fragility that washes away the harsh reality of our past and if we cannot face it, then we are bound to repeat the atrocities and injustices we've committed.

Shame on the leadership of the national archives.