Omar MooreDec 6, 2022
LANGUAGE: It’s enslaved persons, not “slaves”. We are people who were ENslaved. When you say “enslaved”, you make clear that someone else did this to us. When you say “slave” you speak the language and mindset of the people who did this to us. This is important. It is not semantics. #history #language #enslavedpeople #Black #Mastodon #words
Show threadLegalQuilts
@popcornreel Query -- once the enslaved people are no longer enslaved what is the correct terminology? I'm going to be writing on the Outer Banks and the Civil War and I want to use the right terms. Thank you.
Dec 6, 2022 at 2:23pmWeb
Show threadOmar MooreDec 6, 2022
@legalquilts You’re welcome. I would say that “formerly enslaved persons” or “formerly enslaved” are the descriptive terms you should use. You could also use terms like “Black people freed from enslavement.”
Show threadLegalQuiltsDec 6, 2022
@popcornreel thank you.
Show threadAngrySexagenarianDec 7, 2022
@legalquilts @popcornreel survivors?
However, the intergenerational trauma remains.