#former slaves

[pazzesco]

Bass Reeves (1838 –1910) was a runaway slave, gunfighter, farmer, scout, tracker, and deputy U.S. Marshal. He spoke several languages including Cherokee and Creek. Bass was one of the first African-American deputy U.S. Marshals west of the Mississippi River mostly working in the rough Indian Territory. The region was saturated with horse thieves, cattle rustlers, gunslingers, bandits, swindlers, and murderers. Bass made more than 3,000 arrests in his lifetime, only killing fourteen men in the line of duty.

Bass was born into slavery in Crawford County, Arkansas. His family were slaves belonging to Arkansas state legislator William Steele Reeves. During the American Civil War, his owners fought for the Confederacy. At some point, Bass escaped and fled to Indian country where he learned American Indian languages, customs, and tracking skills. He eventually became a farmer. By 1875, Bass was hired as a deputy U.S. Marshal along with 200 other individuals. He was 37 years old. Bass was well acquainted with the Indian territory and served on their land for over 32 years as a peace officer covering over 75,000 square miles, presently known as Oklahoma.

Reeves (left) with a group of Marshals in 1907

Bass encountered some of the most ruthless outlaws of his day. His weapons of choice were the Winchester Models 1873 and 1892. They were guns that conveniently fit dual-purpose handgun/rifle cartridges. He also briefly used the Colt 45 peacemaker. He tracked and killed notorious outlaw Jim Webb. Webb murdered over eleven people. Another notorious desperado Bass encountered was murderer and horse thief Wiley Bear. Bass rounded him up along with his gang which included John Simmons and Sam Lasly. Bass was also in a gunfight with the Creek desperado Frank Buck whom he shot and killed.

Bass was immortalized in the popular media including TV shows, films, novels, poems, and books. He was also inducted into the Texas Trail of Fame. A bronze statue of Reeves was erected in Pendergraft Park in Fort Smith, Arkansas and the Bass Reeves Memorial Bridge in Oklahoma, was named after the legendary lawman.

Bass Reeves is held by many to be the original Lone Ranger. He worked for 32 years as a federal peace officer in the Indian Territory, and became one of Judge Parker's most valued deputies. Reeves brought in some of the most dangerous criminals of the time, but was never wounded, despite having his hat and belt shot off on separate occasions.

Statue dedicated to Bass Reeves in Fort Smith, Arkansas

Bass Reeves - "Double Fist" by Gabe Leonard

#bass reeves #Marshal #legendary lawmen #former slaves #black history #cliff clavin #gabe leonard #Arkansas #lone ranger #Double Fist #reeves

[kemetic-dreams]

Washington, D.C., circa 1916. "Slaves reunion." Lewis Martin, age 100; Martha Elizabeth Banks, age 104; Amy Ware, age 103; Rev. Simon P. Drew, born free." Cosmopolitan Baptist Church, 921 N Street N.W.

#african #afrakan #kemetic dreams #africans #brownskin #afrakans #brown skin #washington dc #lewis martin #martha elizabeth banks #amy ware #simon p drew #former slaves #cosmopolitan baptist church

[ausetkmt]

Digging Detroit: Episode16 - Slavery in Detroit

Detroit has historically been seen as the last station on the Underground Railroad yet many of its residents including merchants, priests and illustrious citizens such as Brush and Macomb were slaveowners.   Digging Detroit meets Prof. Tiya Miles of the University of Michigan whose team of graduate and undergraduate students uncovered a history of the colonial city that few remember or care to admit. But with the past comes inspiration from Elizabeth Dennison Forth, a former slave who became a wealthy businesswoman and landowner--whose homestead is now a parking lot.  Prof. Miles takes her students on a tour of the former frontier town.

#youtube #northern slavery #detroit #slavery in detroit #Detroit Had Slavery #Black LIves Matter #Prof Tiya Miles #former slaves

[reasoningdaily]

Laurence Fishburne reads a former slave's incredible letter to his old master

In 1864, Jourdon Anderson and his wife escaped a life of slavery and moved to Ohio. A year later, he received a desperate letter from the man who used to own him, in which he was asked to return to work on his now ailing plantation. 

Jourdon's magnificent reply, performed here by none other than Laurence Fishburne at Letters Live at The Town Hall in New York back in 2018, was dictated by Jourdon and reprinted in numerous newspapers. 

Jourdon Anderson never returned to Big Spring, Tennessee. He passed away in 1907, aged 81, and is buried alongside his wife and eleven children.

#Laurence Fishburne reads a former slave's incredible letter to his old master #Jourdon anderson #former slaves #tennessee

[driftsart]

A quick pre war trio doodle before homework :>

#transformers #au #art #digitalart #photoshop #character design #decepticons #autobots #redesign #Megatronus is a former miner (slave) and forced gladiator finally rescued and living in Iacon with Orion Pax #alternate universe #doodle #wip #sketch #drawing #elita one #ariel #Megatronus #megatron #orion pax #Optimus prime #megop #im still working on their prewar designs lmao #orion pax is an archivist and a history nerd (like me 💀) #Megatronus is a former miner (slave) and former forced gladiator who was rescued and living in iacon with Orion Pax #elita is a famous singer sent so by alpha trion to help orion get out of his introverted shell

[nobrashfestivity]

Charles “Teenie” Harris Portrait of former slave Sabre “Mother” Washington, holding cake on her lap, on her 109th birthday, in her home on Conemaugh Street with cat in foreground, 1954

#charles teenie harris #Charles “Teenie” Harris #former slave #slavery #photography

[mmelolabelle]

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“Anakin was decieved by a lie. We all were.” (Obi-Wan Kenobi, ROTS)

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“You’re a slave?”

“I’m a person! And my name is Anakin!” (Padme Amidala and Anakin Skywalker, PTM)

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“Once you start down the dark path, forever will it dominate your destiny. Consume you, it will!” (Yoda, ESB)

#MY BOY WAS GROOMED #not to diminish his personal responsibility for the 20+ years of deliberate genocide #but he was a 23 year old former slave turned soldier #he didn’t stand a chance #anakin skywalker #sheev palpatine #darth vader #darth sidious #emperor palpatine #obi wan kenobi #padme amidala #star wars #star wars prequels #revenge of the sith #rots

[amarriageoftrueminds]

*points originally in a tag-dump under another post about* Bucky's goodness + Steve's belief in him 

+ the fact that the superserum worked on Bucky is empirical proof of his goodness:

+ this is also why the serum worked on Isaiah Bradley. + imagine if Isaiah had been made the Winter Soldier instead

Seriously it's a pretty eye-opening thought exercise to put any other character in Bucky's place and see just how poorly he's treated.

Do people really think Steve would hear about a man who had the same magic ‘only works on good people’ juice as him, tortured and enslaved by Hydra for decades… and then just NOT help him?

imagine if you had Sam saying 'Steve this 'Isaiah' guy he's not someone you save he's someone you stop.'

Nat saying 'Steve I know this matters to you but let the police handle Isaiah someone will arrest you if you interfere, it will inconvenience us all.' (LOL Nat have you met Steve who wrote this)

Sam agreeing, 'maybe Nat's right maybe we shouldn't bother helping Isaiah against the police in case they shoot at us,' and dismissing the fact that Isaiah could do good: ‘1945, maybe.’ 

When Isaiah was the guy that pulled Steve out of the river?

(And meanwhile the CIA have given police, that Nat and Sam are telling Steve not to interfere with, orders to shoot Isaiah dead on sight? quelle surprise)

Steve would still be arguing that it should be him to bring Isaiah in, since he's least likely to die trying. 

He would still have put taking down the Insight helicarriers first, and been reluctant (but willing) to dislocate his arm for that very important reason. 

He would still have lifted up the steel beam pinning Isaiah down

(and probably still tried to talk him out of his mind-control, even if he failed.)

imagine if everyone (Sam, Nat, Steve, Sharon, etc.) saw Isaiah -- when mind-controlled -- suddenly demonstrating a drastically different personality

and imagine if Steve and Sam saw Isaiah waking up with amnesia.. then proving his memory of his good, non-WS personality... but Sam was still rude/hostile to Isaiah anyway, insisting he and Steve should not be ‘cool' with him (then telling Isaiah he hates him). 

Tony saying 'I don’t care that Isaiah was mind-controlled he killed my mom imma murder him just to spite you for not trusting me not to murder people.'

imagine if you had the therapist telling Isaiah he needs to be monitored by the state to prove he’s not giving into his innate violence, giving him rules to follow like a child, (and he’s pardoned, not exonerated, meaning he had to admit to crimes he wasn’t responsible for in order to get a modicum of freedom) and that it’s bullshit to suggest Isaiah just wants some peace

Ayo telling Isaiah 'you are free' 😌 as he finally escapes his bondage, watching him cry with relief, then: ‘SIKE! we put a booby-trap in ur limb the trust was a lie.’

Sam cracking jokes about Isaiah's trauma, dehumanizing him as a killing machine 

taking part in a plot where Isaiah has to pretend to be WS, be sold to another human being, and have rape jokes cracked about him, 

but then still being like 'listen Isaiah if you really want to apologise f̶o̶r̶ ̶b̶e̶i̶n̶g̶ ̶a̶ ̶s̶l̶a̶v̶e̶  you should just do the work.' 😔

*event horizon voice* DO YOU SEE? DO YOU SEE?? 😬

#long post #tfatws critical #antisambucky #antitfatws #antitony #bucky meta #bucky's serum meta #mcu meta #dat's me #gunna tag this as anti-[those things] #cuz I don't imagine eg. sambucca fans wanna see this on their dash... 🤐 #meta #steve meta #stucky meta #steve rogers #bucky barnes #stucky #the writing of sam and bucky #f/ws writers room: LOL dehumanizing the disabled is HILARIOUS! #why would we write a black-lead show empathising w/ a former slave who gets profiled by the police and molested by white women?? 🤔 #a mystery for the ages #also I have been recced The Truth limited run of cap comics which feat isaiah... #tho warning: the differences between it + fatws may cause rage palpitations #yet each man queues the thing he loves

[ardl0]

A hidden path to America’s dinner tables begins here, at an unlikely source – a former Southern slave plantation that is now the country’s largest maximum-security prison.

Unmarked trucks packed with prison-raised cattle roll out of the Louisiana State Penitentiary, where men are sentenced to hard labor and forced to work, for pennies an hour or sometimes nothing at all. After rumbling down a country road to an auction house, the cows are bought by a local rancher and then followed by The Associated Press another 600 miles to a Texas slaughterhouse that feeds into the supply chains of giants like McDonald’s, Walmart and Cargill.

Intricate, invisible webs, just like this one, link some of the world’s largest food companies and most popular brands to jobs performed by U.S. prisoners nationwide, according to a sweeping two-year AP investigation into prison labor that tied hundreds of millions of dollars’ worth of agricultural products to goods sold on the open market.

They are among America’s most vulnerable laborers. If they refuse to work, some can jeopardize their chances of parole or face punishment like being sent to solitary confinement. They also are often excluded from protections guaranteed to almost all other full-time workers, even when they are seriously injured or killed on the job.

#prison abolition #literally in a former slave plantation

[moobrvoobl-moobmoob-oobmpoobroom]

I just find it mind-boggling that some people will reblog things like “Anakin didn’t care about Rex and his men, he wouldn’t listen to Fives just because he was friends with Palpatine” and then in the next post be gushing over Rexwalker/Rexanidala like???? so you agree. Anakin does care about Rex?

#some people will literally hate on either Anakin or the Jedi council for reasons that explicitly contradict the point of the prequels #and then YOU'RE either toxically positive or condoning abuse for liking all the characters and having a nuanced view of things #the takes I mentioned in the body of this post literally wiped out the fact that Palpatine groomed and manipulated him for Years just so- #-they could say “wow the clones didn’t deserve what that horrible guy Anakin did to them” #me: okay. so you’re saying they didn’t deserve for him to show kindness and friendship and help reinforce the mindset of individuality they #-already had and that the majority of jedi encouraged because they are a group who treasure individuality and have compassion on everyone & #-all things??? #Anakin could be a shit person but he wasn’t to the clones and I will die on this hill #“he enslaved them” you’re pinning that on ANAKIN. a literal former slave. not the Republic or the Kaminoans? #he would have 0 reason to enslave them because he knows what that’s like. he’s been through that #why. WHY do people blame Anakin or the Jedi for 100% of everything going wrong instead of Palpatine. #you can blame Anakin for the choices he made and the Jedi Order for the oversights and legalism they started to have during the war #but enslavement of the clones??? not listening to Fives because of Palpatine??? #if you want to blame Anakin for the clones being slaves you have to blame the rest of the Jedi too #and we all know how rare it is for ‘Anakin antis’ to also be ‘Jedi order antis’ #quotation because there is a certain connotation and generalisation that comes with those phrases these days #I just don’t understand why Anakin is to blame for that specifically. blame him for being angry and violent and obsessive and turning to th #dark side logic+morals be damned to save one person yes but slavery??? he didn’t know about the chips and if he did you bet your ass he- #-would hate them just as much as the slave monitors on Tatooine #anyway #I want to see both sides of the debate i really do because some people have really good points on character motivations etc #but it’s getting ridiculous at this point. I always try to be a calm and positive space but some of y’all’s takes are contradictory bullshi #Fandom salt #swift talks #Swift rambles in the tags #vent #Jedi positive #meta #ish? #jedi positivity

[that-gay-jedi]

Listen if Anakin doesn't lapse into either Huttese, Amatakka, or some form of slave creole whenever he's sufficiently upset/distracted/semiconscious/etc and if Obi-Wan doesn't pick up Anakin's first language to be able to understand him in those moments then what's even the point of living?

#anakin skywalker #obi wan kenobi #first language #second language #amavikka #amatakka #huttese #tatooine slave culture #obi wan is polyglot but he would never have known THIS language until he met anakin #imagine him working his ass off gaining the trust of some former slave to learn amatakka for anakin's sake #they dgaf about 90% of what makes him such a great diplomatic but they DO give a fuck abt community & kindness & discretion & empathy etc #basically they want obi-wan not the negotiator #and the journey it would take for him to figure that out #all while learning more & more shit that sheds light on anakin's pre temple traumas #you better hug him tight knight kenobi #all im saying is when you love someone you love the culture that nourishes them too #and like. when you love someone you want to understand them. #i have a special weakness for learning as a love language

[diaryofamadsunwukongfan]

Case file #101: Adam Taurus

Race: Faunus

Nationality: Atlas

Ethnicity: Mantlecean

Weapon: Wilt & Blush (note: resembles a SDC weapon prototype that was stolen about 5 years ago. The blade stores kinetic energy that is then released in the form of harsh destruction rays.)

Gender: Man

Sexuality: Gynephiliac (This information was obtained from a double agent in Menagiere)

Current Age: 21

Aura Color: Red

Handedness: Right

Complexion: Pale

Eye Color: Pale blue

Faunus trait: Bull horns (Adam has both the strength and Endurance of a Bull, according to reports.)

Occupation: White Fang Vale branch leader

Previous Occuppation: White Fang Black ops commander (Classified)

13 years ago, Adam Taurus (note: last name constructed) became the subject of a world known, yet private court case against the SDC where a brand over his left eye was used as evidence of several claims of Faunus workplace abuse. The accusers in the court case were the two leaders of the White Fang, Ghira Bête & Sienna Khan. The White Fang won the court case and an anti neo-slavery bill was passed throughout Atlas-Mantle as a result. Adam, who had recently lost his mother at the time and was a still a minor, was adopted by Sienna Khan who took him to Menagiere.

... unfortunately, 5 years ago Ghira and his wife Kali Bête were assasinated at a Faunus rally somewhere in rural Sanus. They survive by their only daughter, Blake Bête. Since then, the White Fang has cultivated a [CLASSIFIED] organization under the leadership of Sienna Khan. The leaders of the White Fang under Sienna include Adam (Vale branch leader) and Fennec & Corsac Albain (Religous leaders). Attempts by the White Fang to establish an Atlas branch have been stopped by the council (note: countinue to stop them. watch all WF gatherings in Atlas).

WARNING: ONLY MEMBERS WITH LV.5 CLARENCE ARE ALLOWED TO READ BELOW

The White Fang has a Black Ops organization being used to carry out robberies and assasinations in all of Renment. The leader of the Black Ops is Adam Taurus, with Illia Amitola (note: needs a case file) and Blake Bête (has carried out 8 known assasinations on Faunus hate groups, currently missing, needs a case file) as sub commanders. All three serve as de-facto leaders of the White Fang in the event Sienna Khan is killed (note: Do NOT assasinate Sienna Khan, it will lead to race riots. Limit anti White Fang activity to covert operations).

Adam is wanted for the murders of 64 individuals in Atlas, all of whom are connected to the SDC (note: at least 20 were family members). If spotted, do NOT kill him, he is to be captured alive under all circumstances. Allow him to flee if he cannot be captured.

[The writing below is a transcript from a page recovered from a mansion attacked by the White Fang. It is believed to come from Adam Taurus, written by him and then stabbed to the wall.]

"...your father is a white demon. He told me he loved me and would take me to Atlas, but after I gave him what he wanted he left me down here in his mines. Adam, I need you to find your father. And when you do, I want you to kill him. And his wife. And their children. Kill every human on this earth so I can forgive giving birth to a half-"

"I WILL DO IT MOM"

[End of paper dialouge]

#rwby fix it fic #rwby rewrite #rwby au #rwby #rwde #adam taurus #ghira belladonna #sienna khan #omg I am totally doing something #illia amitola #blake belladonna #writers: Adam is a branded former slave #me: but how can I make his backstory more dramatic/traumatic? #devil on my shoulder #“Adam's mom got tricked by Jacques Schnee to give him a cookie from the nookie jar so she raised her son to eant to kill all white people #i mean faunus“ #me: GOLD #I didn't get to touch on Adam's relationship with Blake tho #;_; #I wanted to touch on how Adam and Jacques are like yin & yang #where Jacques is abusive because he only loves himself #and Adam is abusive because he loves people too much and has a distorted view of the world around him #how Jacques keeps belitttling Weiss cuz he just dont like her #while Adam keeps belittling Blake cuz she reminds him of his dead mom that he wanted to “save” #when really Blake just had depression after her parents died and when she finnaly starts to feel like herself again she realizes that Adam #is batshit and crazy about her but in a bad way #and he keeps talking over her concerns about how the WF keeps getting more violent because he thinks he knows better than her #so when Blake leaves the White Fang Adam just thinks she lost it like his mom did before she died #when really she was overcome with guilt and wanted to try walking a different path #OMG I RAN OUT OF TAGS TO RANT IN!!!

[ausetkmt]

The Shocking Truth About Black Codes: How They Reinvented Slavery

#Black codes #Freedmen #former slaves #Youtube

[fandomsnoccasionalscreaming]

watching skyfall for the first time

IS JAMES BOND BI CONFIRMED???

i mean he was looking at both q and eve like he was undressing them with his eyes

#james bond #skyfall #q james bond #00q #eve moneypenny #also wtf severine was a FORMER CHILD SEX SLAVE #AND HE SNUCK INTO HER SHOWER???? #WHAT THE FUCK BOND

[muninnhuginn]

feeling so normal about li bing and qiu qingzhi btw

#their dynamic is fascinating no matter which medium you choose #but the cdrama's choice to deep dive on the 'old friend' deal and all that entails just hit my specific niche so hard #idk what it's like to experience the cdrama when you haven't got the donghua in the back of your head but as someone who did? #the irony was so much. despite the changes enough was kept intact that going in I knew two things for sure: #1) despite seeming antagonism they do both care for each other. 2) qqz was never getting out alive. #was sad to see the li bing|li bao stuff get dropped but the new backstory worked + explained the differing characterisation for lb rly well #white cat legend #white cat legend spoilers #<- for my own tags oops #no but like. the way that lb admitted he always thought he'd die young but maybe he could live on through qqz #and then in the end it's lb left alone with no choice to die even if he wanted to. whilst qqz would rather die than become a 'monster'. #and he meant it in a different way (addiction metaphor) but lb had his own worries that his demon state meant he was now a monster. #sth sth choices about living and dying and being a 'monster' and how lb had support but qqz was surrounded on all sides by wolves #he chose to be there because he had to be to survive. as a former slave he knew he had limited choices. but it's still so....

[bhaalsack]

just thinking about the vast interpersonal drama between Raphael, Gortash, and the Emperor. someone put them in a room together and make them fight, maury-style

#raphael vs his former child slave gortash #gortash vs his former 'slave' the emperor #emperor vs the guy who wants to fuck up all his plans #i just need to see gortash beat the snot out of raphael #i think it would be healing for him #bg3 #bhaalsackposting