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For @Cambridge_Uni's Exploring #LegaciesOfEnslavement Research Series, I explore how US #FreedomColonies were not just refuge from #JimCrow —they were governments. Land, kinship, institutions as a counter-sovereign #BlackPoliticalOrder inside the republic: https://t.co/ePUjuJJ86f
📜Thu 21 May · 2–3pmBST📜
@DaroldCubaJr (@Cambridge_Uni), #HistoryPhD candidate, @StJohnsCam, presents:
"#HarvestAsMarronage: Shankleville's #TexasPurpleHullPea Festival & the #MaroonLegacies of #FreedomColonies."
All welcome: https://t.co/fpCnhle9nt
#CHoM #Maroon #Maroons
📜 Join us Thu 14 May · 2–3pm BST · #MSTeams
Prof. #NemataBlyden (@UVA), Armstead L. Robinson Prof. of 19th-C African American History, presents:
"'#BackToAfrica' as #Marronage: A Global Black Family in Liberia."
All welcome: https://t.co/fpCnhle9nt
#CHoM #Maroon #Maroons
In honor of #Juneteenth, we reflect on the rich heritage of African American #FreedomColonies in Texas, as shared by Dr. George Avery, cultural heritage coordinator in SFA’s Department of Anthropology, Geography and Sociology. Read about this research at https://t.co/W5i9lZFFKI.
Credit : GMA, @michaelstrahan
#freedomColonies
'10 Million Names': Learn more about the history of enslaved people of freedom colonies .
Link to project👇🏾
https://t.co/3uMwHQDAfY
African Nova Scotian time! Loving Beechville, NS #homecoming #uva #Afrotopia #BlackLoyalists #refugees #diaspora #freedomcolonies
#Juneteenth 2nd ed of @Kennedy_School Anti-Racism Policy Journal explores race, place, space & policy + history of/ideas on spaces & places of resistance, reparation, imagination & liberation. #antiracism #freedomcolonies
Read more🔗https://t.co/TytlkLN8J1
Then, visit our website for a wealth of online resources to support your work. (https://t.co/QnaWQEchrP)! #savingplaces #freedomcolonies #AfricanAmerican #May #texas #diaspora #preservationmonth
@DainaRameyBerry is giving a master class in collaborative writing projects at the @AyaSymposium #FreedomColonies #BlackWomen #History #twitterstorians
#FreedomColonies #BlackSettlements #Texas #archive #Atlas
Visit our publicly available database & map of freedom colonies: https://t.co/XRuOivwp96
Are we missing a settlement? Add it here: https://t.co/IjZolsIFpt
Several university archives around the state contain finding aids, oral histories, & documents that can help us locate & document freedom colonies. We learn about holdings like maps, reports, and photos every day at places like Prairie View & other HBCUs.
Dabney Hill community tours with architects, students from my More than Monuments class, preservationists, and descendants from the Smith and Workman families. #Generations. #freedomcolonies #Texas #burlesoncounty #Black #settlements #lodges #churches
Ron Wilson hosted a great meeting in Clay Community with Burleson County freedom colony preservationists and residents. I’m so honored to have met future collaborators over lunch Monday . #heirloomfoundation #clay #freedomcolonies #Black #Texas #Burleson #research
".., who don't have the traditional documentation of ownership verification, to self-certify ownership &qualify for assistance." #FEMA #heirproperty #freedomcolonies #BlackSettlements #Louisiana #freedpeoplesettlements https://t.co/DlHOuaxtv7
Our survey takes a snap shot of the past descendants want to preserve & the future descendants want for their communities. Identifying potential sites for national register listing is part of that process. #JuneTeenth2021 #TXFCProject #freedomcolonies #Black
Visit The #texas #freedomcolonies project website and download peer reviewed articles, popular media, and public scholarship on #Juneteenth #freedomcolonies #preservation #socialjustice #BlackSettlements #planning https://t.co/VrT1xXkCSY
Thanks for the shoutout Dr. Roberts⚡️ Your work is critical and innovational and I can’t wait to see these how these new technologies give the work you do with descendants, other researchers, and the general public an even greater advantage #Freedomcolonies
Did you know that The TXFC Project has been working with @RootResearch on a new web portal & cemetery registry? We are almost finished but we need your input. Visit https://t.co/ZD7nVlKSrz Watch a short video & let us know what you think. What's missing? What would you add?
Be part of the #TexasFreedomColoniesStorytellerProject and share your own #FreedomColonies memories, stories and photos ➤➤ https://t.co/x79DfFRQZ3
@cassiaspeaks @ForkJustice The very first Historically Black Neighborhood Assembly to combat gentrification is this Saturday.
You can register here. https://t.co/IoYBAyvAfO… #LouWestEnd #freedomcolonies
The very first Historically Black Neighborhood Assembly to combat gentrification is this Saturday.
You can register here. https://t.co/UCNXOmUy1W #LouWestEnd #freedomcolonies
The #BullockMuseum & the #TexasFreedomColoniesProject are working together on a digital archive that raises awareness of #FreedomColonies - Black settlements in #Texas founded between 1865 and 1930.
Learn more & submit a photo of your own! ➤➤ https://t.co/zlR4GK5SuZ
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