:ukkk: the Brits haven't even separated church and state and still have explicitly anti-Jewish and anti-Catholic statutes on the books. "Free World" country.

https://twitter.com/JasonLoch/status/1584559004713635845#m

  • 420blazeit69 [he/him]
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    2 years ago

    The Counter-Revolution of 1776: Slave Resistance and the Origins of the United States of America by Gerald Horne

    Great book. "Settlers" is a controversial book even on the left, but this covers much of what that does with much less to object to.

    • JoeByeThen [he/him, they/them]
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      2 years ago

      Yeah, it's a heck of a read once you get through the massive info dump Horne uses to try and catch you up to speed in the first few chapters. So many rebellions. My big personal thing is trying to get a good understanding that led to changes of pretty regular slave uprisings to Brown's failure at Harper's Ferry. I'm guessing the annexation of Florida is gonna be a big player.