Joshua D. Rothman

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Professor of History, scholar of slavery. Researching lives of slave traders, looking for humanity's virtues, learning from those who made a way out of no way.

Joined October 2014
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  1. Jun 26

    In the Trump era, no one can remember the 1960s and 1970s?

    In the Trump era, the left is as aggressively confrontational as anyone can remember
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    Jun 25

    "I don’t believe that the Civil War was ultimately fought over the issue of slavery,” Corey Stewart tells . It doesn’t actually matter what Stewart believes—he happens to be wrong:

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  3. Jun 26

    MC Paternalism

    Your rap name is "MC" plus your least favorite tentative explanation for some phenomenon
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    Jun 26

    I never knew Willie Lee Rose. But I do know the influence of her work on my own. RIP.

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  5. Jun 26

    “In the spirit of civility, are you sure you really want to say the sky is blue? Seems harsh.”

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    CNN anchor: "I just did an entire segment about civility here, I don't know if you want to call Stephen Miller a white nationalist"
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  6. Jun 26

    Minnesota man and pretend Virginian does not believe that people who said quite proudly that they started a war to protect slavery actually started a war to protect slavery.

    WATCH: GOP candidate says Civil War wasn't about slavery
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  7. Jun 24

    “What we have witnessed is eerily similar to tactics used during other periods in US history, most notably, slavery.”

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    Jun 21

    So here's what fascinates me.... Why does anyone accept that these facilities are only for migrant children?

    CONFIRMED — Pentagon has been asked to prepare housing for 20,000 migrant children at Military bases in the United States. w/
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  9. Jun 21

    Angola in Louisiana: Proving Ground for Racialized Capitalism by

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  10. Jun 21

    Wait wait wait. She went to the border. To see kids taken away from their parents. Who may never see them again. And wore a jacket that literally says “I really don’t care?”

    FLOTUS spox confirms Mrs. Trump wore a jacket to visit border kids that reads: "I really don't care. Do you?" Spox says: "It's a jacket. There was no hidden message. After today's important visit to Texas, I hope the media isn't going to choose to focus on her wardrobe."
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  11. Jun 21

    We’ve been over this. It was Russian interference and 77,000 votes in Wisconsin, Michigan, and Pennsylvania.

    How we elected T. rex to be our tyrant lizard king.
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    Jun 21

    In the speech that McCarthy referred to, Lincoln also said: "If we cannot give freedom to every creature, let us do nothing that will impose slavery upon any other creature."

    Republican House majority leader Kevin McCarthy lavishes Trump with praise in a fawning mini-speech I will transcribe later. McCarthy, noting that Lincoln referred to America's founders as "iron men," concludes, "I believe we got an iron president today."
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  13. Jun 21

    Good call.

    Michelle Alexander joins as a columnist
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    Jun 21

    in 1964, 3 civil rights workers-Andrew Goodman, James Chaney, Michael Schwerner-kidnapped & murdered by KKK near Philadelphia, MS. in 2005, Edgar Ray Killen convicted of manslaughter on crime’s 41st anniversary.

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  15. Jun 20

    If you believe in such things, there's gonna be a higher judge of your performance whether you like it or not. And you're not gonna like the verdict.

    Bolton defends US leaving Human Rights Council: We don't need "higher judge" of our performance
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  16. Jun 20

    The policy of separating families of immigrants is inhumane and cruel. Today I will sign an executive order to prevent any state resources from being used to help federal authorities separate families. New Jersey will not be a party to this inhumane policy.
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  17. Jun 19

    I can’t believe she called him “Mr. President.”

    WATCH: Heckler yells "Mr. President, f--k you" as Trump arrives at Capitol
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  18. Jun 19

    No you don't.

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  19. Jun 18

    But they knew exceptional cruelty and injustice when they saw it. And even some of those inclined not to look at slavery squarely saw it for what it was. 8/8

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  20. Jun 18

    They did not always succeed. In fact, they often failed. The forces of the state and of capital were powerful and had the "law" on their side. 7/

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