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Drowning in vodka daily should not be the aspiration of robotic Ai, a little to on-the-nose 😂
November 11, 2025 at 10:37 PM
Drowning in vodka daily should not be the aspiration of robotic Ai, a little to on-the-nose 😂
But in 1865, President Andrew Johnson restored the land to former Confederates.
The promise of forty acres and a mule was erased — the dream of land and liberty undone by a pen. ✒️
#Reconstruction #CivilWar #FortyAcresAndAMule #EricFoner #BlackHistory
The promise of forty acres and a mule was erased — the dream of land and liberty undone by a pen. ✒️
#Reconstruction #CivilWar #FortyAcresAndAMule #EricFoner #BlackHistory
November 11, 2025 at 4:36 AM
But in 1865, President Andrew Johnson restored the land to former Confederates.
The promise of forty acres and a mule was erased — the dream of land and liberty undone by a pen. ✒️
#Reconstruction #CivilWar #FortyAcresAndAMule #EricFoner #BlackHistory
The promise of forty acres and a mule was erased — the dream of land and liberty undone by a pen. ✒️
#Reconstruction #CivilWar #FortyAcresAndAMule #EricFoner #BlackHistory
“Undone by a Pen” (Sherman’s Field Order No. 15)
> “He says he will give the freedmen protection, land, and schools, as far and as fast as he can.”
> “He says he will give the freedmen protection, land, and schools, as far and as fast as he can.”
November 11, 2025 at 4:35 AM
“Undone by a Pen” (Sherman’s Field Order No. 15)
> “He says he will give the freedmen protection, land, and schools, as far and as fast as he can.”
> “He says he will give the freedmen protection, land, and schools, as far and as fast as he can.”
“The Laws of Contract” (Broken Promises of Freedom)
> “Dey promised us a mule an’ forty acres o’ lan’…
They should have give us part of Maser’s land as us poor old slaves made what our Masers had.”
A Northern Republican later wrote:
> “The laws of contract are the foundation of civilization.”
> “Dey promised us a mule an’ forty acres o’ lan’…
They should have give us part of Maser’s land as us poor old slaves made what our Masers had.”
A Northern Republican later wrote:
> “The laws of contract are the foundation of civilization.”
November 11, 2025 at 4:35 AM
“The Laws of Contract” (Broken Promises of Freedom)
> “Dey promised us a mule an’ forty acres o’ lan’…
They should have give us part of Maser’s land as us poor old slaves made what our Masers had.”
A Northern Republican later wrote:
> “The laws of contract are the foundation of civilization.”
> “Dey promised us a mule an’ forty acres o’ lan’…
They should have give us part of Maser’s land as us poor old slaves made what our Masers had.”
A Northern Republican later wrote:
> “The laws of contract are the foundation of civilization.”
“Homesteads” (Edisto Island, 1865)
> “General, we want Homesteads. We were promised Homesteads by the government…
You ask us to forgive the landowners of our island...
The man who tied me to a tree and gave me 39 lashes — that man, I cannot well forgive.”
> “General, we want Homesteads. We were promised Homesteads by the government…
You ask us to forgive the landowners of our island...
The man who tied me to a tree and gave me 39 lashes — that man, I cannot well forgive.”
November 11, 2025 at 4:33 AM
“Homesteads” (Edisto Island, 1865)
> “General, we want Homesteads. We were promised Homesteads by the government…
You ask us to forgive the landowners of our island...
The man who tied me to a tree and gave me 39 lashes — that man, I cannot well forgive.”
> “General, we want Homesteads. We were promised Homesteads by the government…
You ask us to forgive the landowners of our island...
The man who tied me to a tree and gave me 39 lashes — that man, I cannot well forgive.”
> “Our negroes have a fall, a tall fall ahead of them… They will learn that freedom and independence are different things. A man may be free and yet not independent.”
A Kentucky newspaper was even blunter:
> “The former slave must be taught that he is free — but free only to labor.”
A Kentucky newspaper was even blunter:
> “The former slave must be taught that he is free — but free only to labor.”
November 10, 2025 at 10:51 PM
> “Our negroes have a fall, a tall fall ahead of them… They will learn that freedom and independence are different things. A man may be free and yet not independent.”
A Kentucky newspaper was even blunter:
> “The former slave must be taught that he is free — but free only to labor.”
A Kentucky newspaper was even blunter:
> “The former slave must be taught that he is free — but free only to labor.”
📖 From Eric Foner’s Reconstruction:
After emancipation, Southern planters redefined “freedom” to preserve control. Refusing to sell land to freedpeople, they sought to make liberty conditional on labor.
One Mississippi planter wrote bitterly:
After emancipation, Southern planters redefined “freedom” to preserve control. Refusing to sell land to freedpeople, they sought to make liberty conditional on labor.
One Mississippi planter wrote bitterly:
November 10, 2025 at 10:51 PM
📖 From Eric Foner’s Reconstruction:
After emancipation, Southern planters redefined “freedom” to preserve control. Refusing to sell land to freedpeople, they sought to make liberty conditional on labor.
One Mississippi planter wrote bitterly:
After emancipation, Southern planters redefined “freedom” to preserve control. Refusing to sell land to freedpeople, they sought to make liberty conditional on labor.
One Mississippi planter wrote bitterly:
It quotes planters and newspapers justifying control, including a Mississippi planter predicting a “tall fall” for freedpeople and a Kentucky paper claiming the “former slave must be taught that he is free, but free only to labor.”
November 10, 2025 at 10:50 PM
It quotes planters and newspapers justifying control, including a Mississippi planter predicting a “tall fall” for freedpeople and a Kentucky paper claiming the “former slave must be taught that he is free, but free only to labor.”