I've reread this like 3 times. Freed herself from slavery by running away, *went back a week later bc the slaver was talking shit, set his house on fire, and then escaped again is absolutely incredible queen shit
As an aside, Rachel is a legend. (From Fischer’s “African Founders”)
I'm going to a conference on Friday about the Supreme Court's reliance on "history and tradition," and truly one of the many many problems with originalism is how it often flattens & distorts history, creating jurisprudence that reflects the history of domination but not the history of resistance
I'm reading a great book on the history of Mother Emmanuel Church in Charleston and was really taken by this section about how The Great Replacement theory has always been with us and the weirdo right-wing obsession with white people making babies, too.
Feb 4, 2026 14:01
