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Slavery in the DMV Was Ended by the Enslaved

President Lincoln often gets the credit for ending slavery and freeing roughly 3 million Black slaves in 1865 - but the truth is that it was mass resistance to slavery by the enslaved themselves that made the system untenable.

For more than two centuries, slavery was legal in Virginia, Maryland, and Washington, D.C. By the time of the Civil War in 1861, more than 600,000 Black people across the region were held in bondage, while tens of thousands more free Blacks lived under the constant threat of being re-enslaved.

They did not abide silently. There was constant resistance to enslavement, from the daily sabotage of tools to running away and following the Underground Railroad to freedom in the North or to Canada. Slaves armed themselves and launched rebellions aimed at liberating themselves and others.

As the U.S. prepares to mark 250 years since the Declaration of Independence, the ruling class is intent on writing a whitewashed version of history. They pretend that slavery was a benign institution instead of a horrifically brutal system of forced labor that consumed millions of lives for profit by a wealthy few. That’s because they want to undo the gains made by the Black liberation struggle against the white supremacist system created to justify slavery.

Then as now - it is right to rebel!

The bloodthirsty and bigoted audience at a #KamalaHarris event try to drown out justified criticisms of Kamala's relentless support and advocacy of the genocide in #Palestine. These disgusting, vile people have no shame. Imagine if Democrats actually tried fighting for Americans instead of Israel. We wouldn't have IDF/Gestapo-esque thugs killing Americans in the streets right now.

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No peace for war criminals!

Richmonders called out war criminal Kamala Harris tonight for her crimes against Palestinian and working people here and abroad. Richmonders exercising their first amendment rights were met with brutality by RPD.

Kamala Harris claims to represent the people but fails to speak on our everyday needs and instead gave her undying loyalty to the U.S. war machine and police state.

As the Trump administration continues the war on immigrant communities at home, we must remember the answer was never the Democrats but the people.

We can’t wait for another election, we must organize!