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2026-08-03 20:07 UTC
That time in 1775 when white American revolutionaries expressed their preferential option for enslaving people over their assumed right to a well-armed militia (which served them in case of expected revolts by enslaved people). Woody Holton writing in “Liberty is Sweet” (2021):
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@paninid@mastodon.world 2026-08-03 20:09
@micchiato@kolektiva.social Dunmore’s proclamation was literally sent from a British ship floating in the harbor. They’d lost the people already.