Hi! Hello. I'm Jacqui. No pronouns, please.
I'm the newest Electrician for Electric Marronage. I'm a cultural organizer and apprentice scholar in Atlanta. My marronage work, which I'll share with you, is searching out the somatic circuitry of our cultural experiences. CHEERS.
“Numerous enslaved insurrections, soft emancipations, and liberations were intertwined with witchcraft…many of us are still here because of it, tbh”!!!
Antonia’s story: https://t.co/Wt3xMpaBcL
“Antonia, an enslaved woman in Santiago del Estero, a province in northeastern Argentina, was accused and convicted—along with her sister and their mother, Simona, for practicing witchcraft.” Full story @ https://t.co/rdZOnbk0eF
☔️INTRODUCING an ⚡️ELECTRIC⚡️ guide to Black and Indigenous American Literature, History, and Theories. Locate the stories, theories, and praxes of Black and Indigenous American authors under the “Black and Indigenous Stories” tab on https://t.co/mnCcGjSI9W 💜
Chickaua’s exceptional story of adoption into the Deer Clan spared her from much of the restrictive laws against non-Cherokee Black people and enabled her to have rights that other free and enslaved Black people did not. Full Story Here 👇🏾
https://t.co/5W2aPBEnMD
Chickaua was an African American enslaved woman who gained full sovereignty through her formal adoption into The Deer Clan (Anikawi), one of seven matrilineal Cherokee clans. https://t.co/5W2aPBEnMD
⚡️ELECTRIC BIOGRAPHIES⚡️ of Carlota and Fermina of The Lucumi Nation (Cuba) are now live on https://t.co/mnCcGjSI9W under the Black and Indigenous stories tab!
“Carlota and Fermina made their mark as women leaders in the rebellion by being unafraid to harm enemies and unafraid to command others” ⚔️. Read the full story on our site!
As we remember the real, lived battles for freedom against settler colonial regimes, we honor the maroons, insurgents, and enslaved peoples by saying their names and telling their stories. New bios dropping weekly. ☔️
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