#confederacy

[spaceshipsandpurpledrank]

#talkin #tik tok #tate reeves #mississippi #racism #white people #confederacy

[alwaysbewoke]

Brave, smart man.

#confederate flag #confederacy #white supremacy #racism #nazi #bars #history

[socialjusticeinamerica]

#never trump #republican assholes #traitor trump #crooked donald #fascist republicans #confederacy #Trump is a threat to democracy

[odinsblog]

“State’s Rights” is bullshit doublespeak for white supremacy. Keeping lies like, “The Civil War was about state’s rights,” alive is why Republicans are always so anti-education and so pro-book burning. It makes erasure and whitewashing history easier.

#politics #slavery #education #whitewashing history #revisionist history #confederacy #white supremacy #red states

[rebelyells]

It’s Lee - Jackson Day. Still an official holiday in Virginia hearts and minds!

#civil war #robert e lee #stonewall jackson #southerners #confederate #states rights #history #gravestones #confederacy #virginia #alabama #georgia

[elistodragonwings]

Sometimes I see a post going around pointing out that white Southerners do have a tradition of opposing the police and other forms of government control, not just of being the stereotype of the authoritarian religious conservative, which is true, but I ask people to please be careful with that. Some of that history comes from social progressiveness, but some also comes from the white supremacist belief that the US government is illegitimate because the Confederacy was the "real" America.

I can't tell people how to re-contextualize their own history, I just ask that people be aware of how some of these perspectives intersect. Please don't leave the door open for pro-Confederacy arguments to take hold. Recognize the nuance of opposing government actions when they're harmful, not just because they're "government".

#confederacy #white supremacy #united states #history #social progress #police #elisto

[animentality]

I say this as someone who's from a Confederate state.

I don't understand why southerners are so proud of being traitors to their own country AND losing a war to preserve slavery.

Frankly, I'd be embarrassed, if I was born on American soil and if I was actually related to anyone who was formerly a Confederate.

Like dawg, traitor + YOU LOST + morally indefensible position.

Stop bringing it up. It's embarrassing. You should be embarrassed.

#us politics #confederacy #slavery

[kemetic-dreams]

Aro Confederacy

The Aro Confederacy (1690–1902) was a political union orchestrated by the Aro people, Igbo subgroup, centered in Arochukwu in present-day southeastern Nigeria. The Aro Confederacy kingdom was founded after the beginning of the Aro-Ibibio Wars. Their influence and presence was all over Eastern Nigeria, lower Middle Belt, and parts of present-day Cameroon and Equatorial Guinea during the 18th and 19th centuries. The Arochukwu Kingdom was an economic, political, and an oracular center as it was home of the Ibini Ukpabi oracle, High Priests, the Aro King Eze Aro, and central council (Okpankpo). The Aro Confederacy was a powerful and influential political and economic alliance of various Igbo-speaking communities in southeastern Nigeria. It emerged during the 17th century and played a significant role in the region until the late 19th century.

The exact origins of the Aro Confederacy are not precisely documented, but it is believed to have been established around the mid-17th century. The Aro people, who were part of the Igbo ethnic group, inhabited the region around present-day Arochukwu in Abia State, Nigeria. They were skilled traders and missionaries who played a pivotal role in connecting various Igbo communities. This migration and their military power, and wars with neighboring kingdoms like supported by their alliances with several related neighboring Igbo and eastern Cross River militarized states (particularly Ohafia, Edda, Abam, Abiriba, Afikpo, Ekoi, Bahumono, Amasiri etc.), quickly established the Aro Confederacy as a regional economic power. The Aro Confederacy's strength came from its well-organized network of Aro agents who were dispersed across different communities in the region. These agents acted as intermediaries in trade, diplomacy, and religious matters. They facilitated commerce, resolved disputes, and spread the worship of the Aro deity known as the "Long Juju" oracle."The Opening Up of Nigeria, the Expedition Against the Aros by Richard Caton Woodville II" 1901

The "Long Juju" oracle was the spiritual centerpiece of the Aro Confederacy. It was housed in Arochukwu and considered a potent source of political authority and religious guidance. The Aro people used the oracle to enforce their influence and control over surrounding communities. It also served as a means to administer justice and settle disputes, often attracting pilgrims seeking solutions to their problems.

The Aro Confederacy gained significant economic power through trade and commerce Their economy was primarily based on agriculture, with the cultivation of crops like palm oil, yams, and cassava. They were also involved in trade with neighboring communities and European merchants. They controlled trade routes that passed through their territories, collecting tolls and taxes from traders. The Aro also engaged in the Trans-Atlantic slave trade by capturing and selling slaves to European traders.

Aro activities on the coast helped the growth of city-states in the Niger Delta, and these city states became important centres for the export of palm oil and slaves. Such city-states included Opobo, Bonny, Nembe, Calabar, as well as other slave trading city-states controlled by the Ijaw, Efik, and Igbo. The Aros formed a strong trading network, colonies, and incorporated hundreds of communities that formed into powerful kingdoms. The Ajalli, Arondizuogu, Ndikelionwu, and Igbene Kingdoms were some of the most powerful Aro states in the Confederacy after Arochukwu. Some were founded and named after commanders and chiefs like Izuogu Mgbokpo and Iheme who led Aro/Abam forces to conquer Ikpa Ora and founded Arondizuogu. Later Aro commanders such as Okoro Idozuka (also of Arondizuogu) expanded the state's borders through warfare at the start of the 19th century. Aro migrations also played a large role in the expansion of Ozizza, Afikpo, Amasiri, Izombe, and many other city-states. For example, Aro soldiers founded at least three villages in Ozizza. The Aro Confederacy's power, however, derived mostly from its economic and religious position. With European colonists on their way at the end of the 19th century, things changed.Burning of Arochukwu 1901

During the 1890s, the Royal Niger Company of Britain bore friction with the Aros because of their economic dominance. The Aro resisted British penetration in the hinterland because their economic and religious influence was being threatened. The Aro and their allies launched offensives against British allies in Igboland and Ibibioland. After failed negotiations, the British attempted to conquer the Aro Confederacy in 1899. By 1901, the tensions were especially intensified when British prepared for the Aro Expedition. The invasion of Obegu (in Igboland) was the last major Aro offensive before the start of the Anglo-Aro War. In November 1901, the British launched the Aro Expedition and after strong Aro resistance, Arochukwu was captured on December 28, 1901. By early 1902, the war was over, and the Aro Confederacy collapsed. Contrary to the belief that the Ibini Ukpabi was destroyed, the shrine still exists, and is intact in Arochukwu and serves mainly as a tourist site.

#african #afrakan #kemetic dreams #africans #afrakans #brown skin #brownskin #african culture #afrakan spirituality #arochukwu #anglo aro war #obegu #igboland #ibibioland #igbo #igbo culture #british #long juju #aro confederacy #confederacy #nigerian #cameroon

[ruburnz]

cw for suggestive content and the conf3derate flag. (Two Tags I Never In A Million Years Expected To Have To Type Out. I Am So So So Sorry For This,)

my friend showed me this image and i IMMEDIATELY knew what i had to do…

#IT WAS FUNNY IN MY HEAD I SWEAR #woodrow wilson #fanart #u.s. history #confederacy #I PROMISE I AM NOT A RACIST #BUT THEY WERE LIKE. WHICH ONE OF YOUR PRESIDENT GUYS IS THIS #AND I WAS LIKE…. I KNOW EXACTLY WHO… 💀💀💀💀💀

[republicanidiots]

Guess which 11 states cause 99% of our problems.

Update:  The numbers represent the Confederate memorials (including statues, roads, buildings, etc.) in each state. 

Source:  The Southern Poverty Law Center

#confederacy #union #civil war #war of northern aggression #republican #conservative #gop #libertarian #politics #voting #election #democrats

[theconcealedweapon]

One group promotes love and acceptance of those who are different. The other group literally went to war so they could continue trafficking people.

How are they in any way comparable?

Even if you support the right to fly the confederate flag because of free speech, this comparison is ridiculous.

#homophobia #transphobia #slavery #confederacy

[stairnaheireann]

#OTD in 1861 – The American Civil War began; 150,000 Irishmen would serve with the Union forces, and 40,000 with the Confederacy.

The American Civil War began, a war that would not only pit American against American but also Irish against Irish. An estimated 150,000 Irish fought on the Union side while about 40,000 fought for the confederacy. While the majority fought with the Union, many Irish had a strong antipathy to a northern culture which they perceived as anti-Catholic and Protestant dominated. The most famous Irish…

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#American Civil War #Confederacy #Fighting 69th #General Patrick Cleburne #Irish Brigade #Irish Soldiers #Robert E. Lee #Thomas Meagher #Union

[dailyhistoryposts]

On This Day In History

September 1st, 1864: The Confederate Army evacuated Atlanta, Georgia, ending a four-month siege by Union General William Tecumseh Sherman. This was a major victory for the North, helping get Lincoln re-elected and setting the stage for Sherman's March to the Sea, later that same year.

#usa #us civil war #georgia #confederacy

[nando161mando]

CPAC refuge

#cpac #cpac refuge #fuck the confederacy #confederate #a confederacy of dunces #confederacy #incestors #inbred #nazisploitation #nazis #nazigate #nazi #neonazis #usa news #usa #united states #unitedstateofamerica #unitedsnakes #american #america #amerikkka #amerika #far right #right wing extremism #right wing terrorism #right wing politics #right wing women #right wing bullshit #right wingers #republican hypocrisy

[rebelyells]

We remember our Ancestors who fought against their cultural extinction. The same applies today. God Bless the Southland! Love this Texas Monument! Keep History Alive. 2,257 Battles were fought to defend their homes.

#states rights #civil war #southerners #cultural cleansing #culture #confederate #history #robert e lee #confederacy #federals #gravestones #virginia #alabama #florida #georgia #arkansas #texasmade #central texas #texas

[princetonarchives]

"It is as if one whose eyes were accustomed to the glimmer of a darkened room, should walk out into the broad light of noon, and shaking his little fist at the sun, complain that it hurt his eyes and must stop shining."

--Princeton Standard, April 19, 1861, on reports that the stars and stripes had been removed from Nassau Hall's cupola in an effort to spare the feelings of Southern students

#1860s #quote #Civil War #Princeton #American flag #stars and strips #Union #Confederacy #Southern students #On This Day #Princeton quote