there nine years, with servants to attend upon her, and provided with every comfort and luxury of life. Emily was his child! Finally, her young mistress, who had always remained with her mother at the homestead, married a Mr. Jacob Brooks. At length, for some cause, (as I gathered from her relation,) beyond Berry's control, a division of his property was made. She and her children fell to the share of Mr. Brooks. During the nine years she had lived with Berry, in consequence of the position she was compelled to occupy, she and Emily had become the object of Mrs. Berry and her daughter's hatred and dislike. Berry himself she represented as a man of naturally a kind heart, who always promised her that she should have her freedom, and who, she had no doubt, would arrant it to her then, if it were only in his power. As soon as they thus came into the possession and control of the daughter, it became very manifest they would not live long together. The sight of Eliza seemed to be odious to Mrs. Brooks; neither could she bear to look upon the child, half-sister, and beautiful as she was!
The day she was led into the pen, Brooks had brought her from the estate into the city, under pretence that the time had come when her free papers were to be executed, in fulfillment of her master's promise. Elated at the prospect of immediate liberty, she decked herself and little Emmy in their best apparel, and accompanied him with a joyful heart. On their arrival in the city, instead of being baptized into the family of freemen, she was delivered to the trader Burch. The paper that was executed was a bill of sale. The hope of years was blasted in a moment. From the hight of most exulting happiness to the utmost depths of wretchedness, she had that day descended. No wonder that she wept, and filled the pen with wailings and expressions of heart-rending woe.
Eliza is now dead. Far up the Red River, where it pours its waters sluggishly through the unhealthy low lands of Louisiana, she rβ¦
Teaching 12 Years a Slave this week. Eliza's Master left his wife & daughter tol set up a houseΒ where he lived with Eliza & the child they conceived (his slaves). His first daughter, Eliza's half-sister, had Eliza brought to the city on the pretext she'd be emancipated. Instead, Eliza was sold.
01.02.2026 19:43 β π 9 π 4 π¬ 1 π 1
YouTube video by Shatner Method
Roberta Lincoln (Teri Garr) Meets Gary Seven (Robert Lansing) - Star Trek - 1968
citation:
01.02.2026 19:49 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
i guess my gen x bro & i had dad taste at an early age - we learned to adore teri from her turn as gary seven's assistant on ST:OS
01.02.2026 19:48 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0
This is for the kids who die,
Black and white,
For kids will die certainly.
The old and rich will live on awhile,
As always,
Eating blood and gold,
Letting kids die.
Kids will die in the swamps of Mississippi
Organizing sharecroppers.
Kids will die in the streets of Chicago
Organizing workers.
Kids will die in the orange groves of California
Telling others to get together.
Whites and Filipinos,
Negroes and Mexicans,
All kinds of kids will die
Who don't believe in lies, and bribes, and contentment
And a lousy peace.
Of course, the wise and the learned
Who pen editorials in the papers,
And the gentlemen with Dr. in front of their names.
White and black,
Who make surveys and write books.
Will live on weaving words to smother the kids who die,
And the sleazy courts,
And the bribe-reaching police,
And the blood-loving generals,
And the money-loving preachers
Will all raise their hands against the kids who die,
Beating them with laws and clubs and bayonets and bullets
To frighten the peopleβ
For the kids who die are like iron in the blood of the peopleβ
And the old and rich don't want the people
To taste the iron of the kids who die,
Don't want the people to get wise to their own power,
To believe an Angelo Herndon, or even get together.
Listen, kids who dieβ
Maybe, now, there will be no monument for you
Except in our hearts
Maybe your bodies'll be lost in a swamp.
Or a prison grave, or the potter's field,
Or the rivers where you're drowned like Leibknecht.
But the day will comeβ
You are sure yourselves that it is comingβ
When the marching feet of the masses
Will raise for you a living monument of love,
And joy, and laughter,
And black hands and white hands clasped as one,
And a song that reaches the skyβ
The song of the life triumphant
Through the kids who die.
βKids Who Dieβ
Langston Hughes, 1938
01.02.2026 19:33 β π 47 π 32 π¬ 0 π 0
one time the nurse said "me too!" and we had a nice chat full of laughter about it, and how much mental health care sucks. seriously, best therapy i've ever had
01.02.2026 19:34 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
who else does this. every doctor's visit when the intake nurse starts saying "in the past two weeks have you -" i interrupt them with "just put down 5/5 on everything. right now, i am not considering harming myself or you. yes i am on meds, mostly working." most of them don't even ask anymore lol π€£π
01.02.2026 19:33 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0
@errorcrater.bsky.social The war has stopped, but it took everything.
No homes, no work β life has become a distant dream.
We are trying to stand strong and start againβ¦
We need safety, and we need the world to care.
01.02.2026 19:24 β π 1 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0
World Hijab Day is about respect, understanding, and the right to religious expression. CAIR proudly supports this day, and through our Unhostile Campus Campaign, weβre working to make sure campuses are places where Muslim students can practice their faith freely, without harassment or hostility.
01.02.2026 18:55 β π 3 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0
Imagine the heartbreaking powerlessness of a father unable to afford treatment for his child, who is battling both leukemia and severe malnutritionπ
βIt pains me deeply to feel so helpless I am begging for your kindness please donate and share this campaign Every second countsππ»
gofund.me/bbf5c63e7
01.02.2026 18:26 β π 31 π 62 π¬ 1 π 310
Image says Help a recently disabled, Black DC grandmother care for herself and 5 grandkids. @yalandabeynum (Paypal) $ameename (Cash app). Image has an image of 5 cats, one larger than the rest and orange, 4 are grouped together with smiling faces, orange and black cats. Off to the side there is a white and gray cat eating a slice of pizza. There is snow falling on them
A grandma hasn't been able to get aid from the usual places-still closed. She's got a neuro disease and arthritis. She spent 25+ years cleaning homes. Is waiting on disability and TANF for the 5 kids she feeds and clothes
If you can give $1, $2, $3 $20
#MutualAid #DC #payitforward
31.01.2026 18:18 β π 4 π 10 π¬ 0 π 2
Happy Black History Month to:
β’ queer and trans Black people
β’ Black people who donβt play respectability politics
β’ disabled Black people
β’ Black people who are sex workers
β’ Black people who arenβt Christian
β’ Black people who donβt believe in the two party system
β’ Black people who are erased
01.02.2026 15:27 β π 60 π 29 π¬ 0 π 2
My Children Lost Their MotherβDonβt Let Them Lose Life Too
Hello, my name is Sherif Samir Abdullah.I am 38 years oldA father of three children:
The civilians in Gaza are facing starvation, homelessness and constant attack. Their accounts here are constantly deleted. We're their only voice and means of survival.
Please give to my friend Sharif and his children. And to others if you can. No amount is too small.
01.02.2026 15:03 β π 80 π 32 π¬ 0 π 1
Donate Your Skymiles β Stand With Minnesota
Donate your Delta Skymiles to get people home from Texas
Okay! This has already inspired a bunch of DMs, so I made a page on the website. If you have 50,000+ Skymiles and would be willing to book flights to get someone home, please fill this out.
01.02.2026 18:22 β π 525 π 405 π¬ 7 π 20
Happy Black History Month π€β¨
Libraries and books are from perfect. The Dewey Decimal System is imperfect. But we will never forget the work of Dorothy B. Porter. She decolonized the Dewey Decimal System. She helped us belong in libraries, in books.
We celebrate and thank you, Dorothy B. Porter ππ
01.02.2026 17:06 β π 388 π 128 π¬ 5 π 2
the full terror of the voyage must be kept withdrawn into the obscure background
01.02.2026 17:47 β π 77 π 16 π¬ 1 π 6
we used to have one of those tall spindles you could stack multiple records on so you only had to flip once
01.02.2026 17:53 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
God nuked an entire city for it in the Bible
01.02.2026 17:46 β π 29 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0
I feel validated as a reject of the academy due its battering me with ableism when I had a mental breakdown in grad school. Y'all shit really sucks. Full of pedophiles at the highest level whose asses y'all have to kiss to get y'all little titles & positions you cling so dearly to. I'm good outside.
01.02.2026 17:40 β π 20 π 5 π¬ 1 π 0
"NOTE TO ALL NAZIS FASCISTS AND KLANSMEN" β Langston Hughes
You delight,
So it would seem,
At making mince-meat
Of my dream.
If you keep on,
Before you're through,
I'll make mince-meat
Out of you.
07.10.2023 18:18 β π 122 π 37 π¬ 0 π 2
we need to take a moment to celebrate when a good thing happens. it is fuel for the work.
feel the joy. take a big breath in. let yourself cry.
we will win because we've got us.
01.02.2026 17:27 β π 358 π 85 π¬ 5 π 4
you are an inspiration
01.02.2026 17:37 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
This level of disgusting racism and cruelty didnβt exist in a vacuum, and it didnβt end with Epstein.
Epstein files:
βJEFF wanted, βyoung, fresh meat girls. Virgins.β He told β , βDonβt bring me any n*ggers.ββ
01.02.2026 16:34 β π 2469 π 1303 π¬ 186 π 107
A child in shadow, a cloth upon it's head, a hand upon it's cheek.
Father and child huddled together.
π¨ URGENT
From Gaza: my childrenβs condition is getting worse, my son is dying.
No medicine, no shelter. Israel is besieging us and killing us.
We urgently need $500 to save their lives.
Please do not ignore us ππ
Support link π
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01.02.2026 15:39 β π 50 π 105 π¬ 8 π 40
this is incredible! massive s/o to a real one Dr. Raquel Martin
pls watch it in full and check the caption of the instagram post
www.instagram.com/p/DUGzPqnETjr/
01.02.2026 01:13 β π 25 π 17 π¬ 0 π 1
return them all!
01.02.2026 17:20 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Pay danielle miller using PayPal.Me
Go to paypal.me/xodanix3 and type in the amount. Since itβs PayPal, it's easy and secure. Donβt have a PayPal account? No worries.
Next immediate need is $114 for insurance due by feburary 4th. We can't get any extensions on this since we had to negotiate to get this price, so the need is urgent.
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CA & Venmo: doublerainbowomg
#mutualaidrequest #helpsky #settlersaturday
31.01.2026 20:15 β π 17 π 22 π¬ 0 π 4
this was part of a robust music education at frankin elementary school in berkeley in the 70's, and i legitimately owe everything to it
somewhere in all this mess is a vinyl record of a field recording of us singing "God's Trombones" at a church in oakland
01.02.2026 17:13 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
I want everyone who has spent years in therapy wondering what is wrong with them, wondering why they had so many bad relationships, why they felt so much dread, to know that it was in part because you were living in a world run by evil, evil people and you could tell that somewhere deep down
01.02.2026 16:08 β π 1471 π 386 π¬ 31 π 42
We are so cold π₯Άπ
We are so cold π₯Άπ
We are so cold π₯Άπ
Our children are wet, blankets soaked.
No income⦠donations stopped
I urgently need β¬150 for a tent to protect my children π
Any help can save them π
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01.02.2026 12:09 β π 51 π 85 π¬ 5 π 15
Six locations that represent Los Angeles' Black history received landmark status in August,
Among the newly-designated landmarks are the home of L.A.'s first Black mayor, a Pacoima barber shop and a historic LGBTQ+ disco club.
abc7.com/post/6-build...
19.08.2025 21:11 β π 10 π 3 π¬ 0 π 1
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Cynical Canadian bibliophile/writer guy into music, sports (lifelong Caps/Jays fan), contemporary literature and poetry, foreign film and used bookstores and booksales. Not much else.
parent. internet crank. autistic. future ghost. artist when my kid gets distracted. I may own 80 Cats in a Dog Suit. they/them. lesbian.
Make everything good enough | Do the next right thing | AuDHD w/ echolalia
Stream of consciousness bullshit from my meat computer.
Shut down the data centers.
Movement Lawyer and Assoc. Clinical Law Prof
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As the world falls around us, how must we brave its cruelties?
Make art π¨, make love β€οΈ, make fun of yourself. Attracted to him, her & you(maybe). Shouldnt have to say but I'm not following scammers, get rich, πͺ of bit, follow trains or any of that. Let's do better than the π¦
Rogue tankie anthropologist. (he/him)
Abolish private property is where the left starts. Trans lib or death.
Communists have solutions but you're not going to like them. But we have solutions.
Some follows are for research purposes. You're cool though.
Anti-Zionist Jew from Occupied Palestine
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Never Again Means Never Again For Anyone
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Writer, premature antifascist: novels : Red Pill, White Tears, Blue Ruin, Gods Without Men, My Revolutions, Transmission, The Impressionist. Essays in NYRB, Harperβs etc. Abolish ICE is the moderate position.
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my music:
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does what it says on the label, with occasional detours into other genres
A public registry of all the worst disinformation peddlers throughout the ongoing pandemic, and their billionaire backers. https://www.panaccindex.info/
Offensive legal action against perpetrators of crimes against Palestinians. Fighting impunity | #JusticeForGaza
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container escape artist
goose in the machine
Minneapolis. They/them.
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Spiky author person with a rad jewelry shop. They/She. Queer, AuDHD, and probably watching a horror movie. Black Trans Lives Matter.
I swear too much.
Official cat herder of the @peculiarityshop.bsky.social.
focused on dreams, mysticism, mortality, community resilience and the psychologies/theologies of liberation
Essays in Slate, Vox, New York Magazine
Crone
Quaker-ish
She/Her
Website: whatashrinkthinks.com