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applegrove

(127,628 posts) Sat Aug 23, 2025, 06:30 PM Saturday

On slavery in the US:

To quote @watchyourrepssc.bsky.social â€œlook up Dr J. Marion Sims.â€
— CherieAnne (@cherieanne.bsky.social) 2025-08-23T20:45:04.636Z

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On slavery in the US: (Original Post) applegrove Saturday OP

Some enslaved their own children. mtairyguy Saturday #1

mtairyguy

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1. Some enslaved their own children.

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Sat Aug 23, 2025, 09:12 PM

Saturday

Partus sequitor ventrum. That which is born follows the womb. A child born to a slave mother was a slave, notwithstanding the whiteness of the child’s father and owner.

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