Gayle M. Tiller
@gayle_tiller
Indie author, activist, amateur genealogist, and former public interest lawyer. Views expressed are my own. #VoteBlue 💙🌊 #ProChoice ☮️🏳️🌈 Ally 🚫DM 🚫 Cams
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Just boarded an early morning flight wearing my Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) gear. A seat mate looked at me and asked, “Basketball?” I said, “No. Engineering!” What about me prompted him to think I was playing or coaching basketball? 🤔
#Slavery did NOT benefit enslaved Black people. Case in point: In 1846, #OnThisDay , April 14, Thomas N. Gadsden advertised the sale of nine enslaved Black people at 11:00 a.m. at the Mart Lot on East Bay in Charleston, South Carolina. #BlackHistory newspapers.com/article/the-ch…
During the midst of the Civil War in 1863, enslaver John T. Council advertised in a Wilmington, North Carolina newspaper a reward for delivering six runaway enslaved Black men, dead or alive. #BlackHistory #Slavery newspapers.com/article/the-da… via Vanguard Newspapers
Please let’s welcome some new friends into our community. Accounts under 1K if I missed anyone please just introduce yourself but please don’t tag other accounts only do it for yourself. Thank You
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