Ida Bae Wells

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Ida Bae Wells @nhannahjones

@FightingFitzman @NYCSWH @MoeThacker1 @LitUpMagazine1 It was to the economic advantage of the U.S., which was breeding its own self-replenishing enslaved population, to stop the international trade. And still, illegal smuggling of enslaved people into the U.S. continues until 1865. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted May 23, 2022

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Ida Bae Wells @nhannahjones

@NYCSWH @FightingFitzman @MoeThacker1 @LitUpMagazine1 At the Civil War, the US had the largest population of enslaved people in the hemisphere, more than even Brazil, which imported millions more Africans into slavery than the U.S. but also emancipated far more. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted May 23, 2022

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Ida Bae Wells @nhannahjones

@FightingFitzman @NYCSWH @MoeThacker1 @LitUpMagazine1 Oh, it certainly played a role, applying a pressure that had started to make continuing engagement in the trade morally indefensible. But the abolition movement was not the primary driver. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted May 23, 2022