Sierra RoussosJun 16, 2023
Joy-Ann Reid
If you have a heart, this will make you sick. Also you should know these things about your country…
https://www.propublica.org/article/how-grad-student-discovered-largest-us-slave-auction?taid=648c26fcc78bc0000158aa4f&utm_campaign=trueanthem&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter
How a Grad Student Uncovered the Largest Known Slave Auction in the U.S.

Lauren Davila made a stunning discovery as a graduate student at the College of Charleston: an ad for a slave auction larger than any historian had yet identified. The find yields a new understanding of the enormous harm of such a transaction.

ProPublica
Jun 16, 2023 at 5:22pmWeb
Show threadW0AMT JonJun 16, 2023
@bud_t Thanks for boosting that post. Very interesting and disturbing article.
Show threadArindam BasuJun 16, 2023
They have written so much at length about the white masters and their families, but hardly anything about the slaves. Slavery continues till today in different form.
Show threadSuecrisJun 16, 2023
@joyannreid I'm so glad to see you on Mastodon, Joy!
Show threadBarbara MonacoJun 16, 2023
@joyannreid Read this soul wrenching article. It's important.
Although I have read widely about slavery in the US I just recently learned about The Workhouse. In Charleston slave owners often farmed out the torture of slaves to a city jail designed for the purpose. The acts perpetrated on enslaved people there were horrific, unthinkable.
Legal chattel slavery existed here for 250 years and should never be covered up or forgotten. Its consequences reverberate through our history.
Show threadmybarkingdogsJun 17, 2023
@joyannreid Replied to boost but include CW for slavery, racist violence, US history in my feed
Show threadComrade elronxenuJun 17, 2023
@joyannreid Floridians specifically do not want to know these things.
Show threadSquidAceBoiJun 21, 2023
@joyannreid bravo to @ProPublica and Lauren Davila for this great research!
Certain people want us to ignore that they made mounds of wealth committing crimes against humanity and slavery and that they wouldn’t have gotten their wealth if they hadn’t exploited so many.
Show threadDavid BruchmannNov 4, 2023
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