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Will Comben

@willdoeshistory

@swwdtp funded History PhD candidate. Gender and slavery in the American South. @bristoluni @readinguni. Long-suffering @pompey fan.

Bristol, England Beigetreten Eylül 2021
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Will Comben@willdoeshistory·
Jarred escaped in 1833 with “irons on his legs”. Probably a seasoned fugitive, he had already been at large for three days when first advertised for, despite the shackles literally weighing him down
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Will Comben@willdoeshistory·
Philonise made the decision to flee with her 2 children, Eugene and Gustave, possibly to avoid sale away from them. LA law prohibited the sale of children under 10 away from their mothers, but Gustave was now 14, and their master had recently died, increasing the chances of sale
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Will Comben@willdoeshistory·
I’ve spent the last few months building a digital archive of fugitive ads published in antebellum Louisiana - which I am provisionally calling the Louisiana Freedom Seekers Database (comments welcome!). Here are just a few of the remarkable escape stories I’ve uncovered…
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Christian Burgess
Christian Burgess@Burgey44·
All the best to everyone at Pompey tonight! Hoping it’s a night to remember and one that takes the blues another step back to where they belong 💙 #pup
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talkSPORT@talkSPORT·
"One of the best atmospheres in the world."
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Greenpeace UK
Greenpeace UK@GreenpeaceUK·
SHOCKING FACT: If you earned £30,000 a day from when Jesus was born to the present day, you would still not make as much as Shell did in profits last year.
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Supertanskiii
Supertanskiii@supertanskiii·
Why does the entire country need to know about the kings arsehole or Catherine getting weeks of private luxury hospital care? The NHS waiting list is nearly 8 million. There are people in Britain on chemo who are forced to use food banks. Do you not see how mad this is?
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Manisha Sinha
Manisha Sinha@ProfMSinha·
Historian of slavery here, a humane slaveholder is an oxymoron.
Jake Walker@Jake_W

@hulsey_ryan @MartinSkold2 @FreeManDespair @APTeacher1754 @RBrookhiser There are slaveowners who were, in their day, famous for being humane masters. Alexander Stephens was probably the most notable of them. Andy Johnson was never singled out in the same way, but he does seem to have been a lenient and kind enough master--with strange quirks.

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Layla Moran 🔶🕊️@LaylaMoran·
It’s been a horrible few days. My family in the Catholic Church in Gaza city are reporting white phosphorous and gunfire into their compound. The bin collector and the janitor have been shot and their bodies are laying outside and remain uncollected. 1/2
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Will Comben@willdoeshistory·
That just about sums it up
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Sam Haselby
Sam Haselby@samhaselby·
A good part of the history of the last half century of the Democratic party is contained within how Simon Schama, a knighted British guy in Westchester, is more pleased with them than me, an American and lifelong Democrat from Wisconsin.
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SWWDTP@SWWDTP·
📢 Applications for 2024 studentships are now open! We welcome applicants from the UK & overseas with evidence of exceptional promise for PhD study. 📆 Application deadline : Monday 22 January 2024 For more information, including how to apply : bit.ly/3MQ7Zhm
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The Exploding Heads
The Exploding Heads@Exploding_Heads·
The official list of woke things.
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Rich Condon
Rich Condon@RichardPCondon·
The Baltimore Afro-American reported “Confederate Daughters agape as she lauds John Brown.” Through her words, Tatten reflected the legacy of her father, Charles, who was a veteran of the 29th Connecticut Infantry (pictured in Beaufort). 4/5
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