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1. I have a book coming out about a formerly enslaved woman who won a rare restitution suit in 1878. Her son, born enslaved, died in 1951. I met his great-granddaughter, who knew him as a child in Chicago, before she died last year. Slavery is not the distant past. @nhannahjones/1104078672716353537
   Permalink On twitter.com ♻️ 421 Retweets ❤️ 1,855 Favorites 2019 Mar 8 Mood -10 🙁
2. As a historian I can confirm that no naked, winged men fought for the Confederacy. In case anyone worries about erasing history. @jdharden/897536586631479296
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3. 1. Here's a short thought experiment that might help students or others understand why historians today reject "states' rights" as the cause of the Civil War. Imagine that 150 years from now, someone tells you that conservatives in 2020 were defenders of states' rights ...
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4. "Great Moments in Peaceful Protest History," 1 of 4. cc: @tanehisicoates thenib.com/great-moments-in-peaceful-protest-history-44bdadb44cf

   
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5. I've been reading a lot about the Post Office today, and this months-old article by @cncep is the best overview of the crisis it faces that I've seen in my timeline so far. @NewYorker/1264410018193051648
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6. Thank you, @PulitzerPrizes. The honor belongs to Henrietta Wood. I'm stunned but so grateful that more will hear of her story. @PulitzerPrizes/1257389231049191424
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7. Still digesting & reacting to @adamgopnik's new essay in @NewYorker about Reconstruction. But among the questions at the forefront of my mind: Where are the women? newyorker.com/magazine/2019/04/08/how-the-south-won-the-civil-war
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8. When saxophonist Sonny Rollins said this on the back of his 1958 LP “Freedom Suite,” it caused such an uproar that the label reissued the album under another title (“Shadow Waltz”) w/o Rollins’ comment. Thanks to @cactus_music, I now have a copy of the original record. 🙌

   
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9. Coming in 2019 from ⁦@OUPHistory⁩, my book tells the story of Henrietta Wood, a formerly enslaved woman who sued for restitution for slavery after the Civil War—and won $2500. The man she sued was a pioneer of convict leasing in the South.

   
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10. …in reply to @undefined
    @tanehisicoates In 1853, this KY paper replied to a black abolitionist's "defamatory remark about this country." Basically said Love it or Leave it.

    
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11. 🚨🚨BOOK GIVEAWAY!🚨🚨 I'm ringing in 2020 by giving away TWO signed copies of my book, "Sweet Taste of Liberty." Just retweet this and follow by the end of 2019 for your chance to win one! @OUPHistory @OUPAcademic

    
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12. "The Texas Slavery Project offers a window into the role slavery played in the development of Texas in the years before the region became part of the United States." texasslaveryproject.org
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13. 1. If you want to understand why there was a Civil War, actually understanding Andrew Jackson’s legacy would help.
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14. A good example of a common historical phenomenon that too many non-historians don't know about: the mortgaging of enslaved people to secure credit for their owners. As "people with a price," they were exploited as capital assets, not only as laborers. @fotmproject/1107645581441331200
    Permalink On twitter.com ♻️ 121 Retweets ❤️ 203 Favorites 2019 Mar 18 Mood +3 🙂
15. I don’t know who needs to hear this but your worth as a teacher is not defined by how one class session or even one course goes.
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16. “When professors mention office hours ... they tell students WHEN office hours are. They almost never say WHAT they are.” Learning a lot from new book by ⁦@tony_jack⁩.

    
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17. I feel like the guys who wrote this are going to be disappointed when they hear that I love the work @nhannahjones has done and is doing.

    
    Permalink On twitter.com ♻️ 63 Retweets ❤️ 658 Favorites 2020 May 14 Mood +3 🙂
18. Today one of my kids asked, "What's Blockbuster?" We explained how a video rental store worked, how you had to pay fines if you returned a tape late or forgot to rewind it. Next question: "What do you mean by rewind?"
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19. Grateful to learn this afternoon that I've been promoted to full Professor. Especially in times like these, I don't take for granted how lucky I am to be in this position, or how many people helped me along the way.
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