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A blue sky spring day in Ireland at last 🌿#speirgorm

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A march has taken place in Dublin to mark the third anniversary of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, which falls tomorrow.

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Tonight at 9PM EST I am hosting a special live chat for my newsletter subscribers on Confederate soldiers and slavery. 🗃️ kevinmlevin.substack.com/p/the-nation...

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Reading Ada Ferrer’s family story helped me get from shame to truth-telling in THE TROUBLE OF COLOR #weekofgratitude

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@petergray47.bsky.social @sophcocooper.bsky.social and Peter McLoughlin will be representing QUB Irish Studies at ACIS Savannah this week - looking forward to catching up with #IrishStudies friends and colleagues

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#IrishSlaveholders in #SouthCarolina over 220k views. Thank you all! www.google.com/maps/d/u/0/e...

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@profjennyshaw.bsky.social discusses her book THE WOMEN OF RENDEZVOUS and the story of 5 women who birthed children by the same prominent Barbados politician and enslaver on this episode of Atlantic Theory Podcast 🎙️ Listen here ⤵️ or wherever you get your podcasts 🎧 share.transistor.fm/s/b121667b

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Wawiriya Burton, senior Australian Indigenous artist and healer who, in collaboration with her daughters, painted Mingkiri Tjukurpa, 2011 #WomensArt

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📢 Access to birth control in Ireland & challenges faced by women & men in navigating religious doctrine & the law vs social justice & health care on @newstalkfm.bsky.social panel made up of @drmarymcauliffe.bsky.social @jenniferredmond.bsky.social @earner.bsky.social & me. @whaireland.bsky.social

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In his book Colored People, Skip Gates modeled the art of family memoir for THE TROUBLE OF COLOR. #weekofgratitude

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Researching Place-Based Religious Histories Beyond the Parish Church 1🔗 (25 Mar) and 2🔗 (7 May 2025). Researching faith and belief in #LocalHistory / #OnePlaceStudies in the UK? These online events from Victoria County History @vchlondon.bsky.social may be of interest. Free, but booking required.

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In 2020 I was interviewed with 70 others for a Manchester University project called "Conflict, Memory and Migration: Northern Irish Migrants & the Troubles in Great Britain". The project is now complete, available at conflictmemorymigration.manchester.ac.uk, interview recordings included. #Ireland

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Myles Dempsey 1778-1837 Wexford & Charleston, SC www.enslavement-to-citizenship.com/african-amer...

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hello world, 15 mins old

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Very happy to share this interview with Jessica Rucker about FREEDOM WAS IN SIGHT! She asked fantastic questions. And thanks to @charlotteerosen.bsky.social and PUBLIC BOOKS for the spotlight on this work and why it matters. 💕 www.publicbooks.org/rethinking-r...

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Remember Mary Wood, the S.C. teacher who stood up to censorship when her district ordered her to stop assigning Ta-Nehisi Coates' book Between the World and Me? She's working with her colleagues and neighbors to defend public schools in the Midlands. Read all about it: www.aclusc.org/en/news/qa-d...

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Did you register? Join the #Slaveryarchive Book Club on March 8, 2 PM EST, to discuss the groundbreaking Cultural Legacies of Slavery in Modern Spain (SUNY Press, 2025) edited by Aurélie Vialette and Akiko Tsuchiya us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

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"In his memoir, 'An Irish Atlantic Rainforest: A Personal Journey into the Magic of Rewilding', Daltun charts the extraordinary journey of how [...] restoration can grow into a powerful and inspiring legacy." Great piece on rewilding by @miseanja.bsky.social www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/ou...

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So excited!! I finally took the plunge & bought these books! #genealogy #FillesDuRoi #FillesAMarier

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23-year-old Hester B. Smith lined up to register to vote in Boston on October 13, 1920, just in time to qualify to cast her ballot in the upcoming Presidential election. A Black woman from Charlottesville, Virginia, she no doubt had experienced racial segregation and discrimination, & perhaps worse.

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Life on Achill Island in the 1950s through the eyes of a schoolboy 👉 www.con-telegraph.ie/2025/02/15/l... & explore some of the #MuseumOfChildhoodIreland ‘s #Achill projects 👇https://museumofchildhood.ie/heritage-week/ #AchillIsland #Mayo #Children #Childhood #Ireland #History #Culture #Heritage

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Erased Black towns with Brian Sheffey & Donya Williams @galive.bsky.social www.youtube.com/live/ymsjw2K...

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Daniel Malone b.1642 Killucan, Westmeath & his slaveholding descendants with thanks to Stephen Harper www.enslavement-to-citizenship.com/irish-descen...

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#OnePlaceStudies Yes I just hit 500 boatmen and boatwomen in my #BoatFamilies tree!🥳 plus all their assorted children too. Varying levels of completeness for each one, and still so many to come yet. And I've just sorted out the Stevens family, connecting the dots together😀

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350 Rabbis took out a full page ad in the NYTimes today opposing Trump’s plan for Palestine and calling it ethnic cleansing.

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Pockets of hope encouraging resilience with @profcathharper.bsky.social

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UK shipping firm used enslaved workers in Caribbean after abolition, study finds www.theguardian.com/world/2025/f...

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Happy to share my latest article "Died from eating too much morphine": Researching Opioid Addiction in Civil War-Era Kentucky" just released in the Register of KY Historical Society. 🗃️ @kyhistsoc.bsky.social muse.jhu.edu/article/951130

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#Genealogy question: I'm writing a book based on a large family tree. I'm using a real gedcom and changing names, etc. Ancestris has a terrible interface. What computer-based, NOT online software would you recommend? #Writing #FamilyTree #FamilyHistory

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Tour almost ready to go! Lots of new sounds & stories as well as new threads & elements to others. The first two gigs are sold out with most others heading that way. I can’t wait! I have a few mics to collect here before coming home from Catalunya so hope to add even more sounds.

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Happy Valentine’s Day. Our campaign continues . #859Missing #Bessborough #MotherAndbabyHomes #SaveBessborough

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Valentine's Day is one of the most popular days to get married in the UK. The seasonality of marriage has always been strongly affected by wages and weather, but has varied considerably over time. Read more in our blog: @camunicampop.bsky.social www.campop.geog.cam.ac.uk/blog/2024/12...

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#academicvalentines

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Rachel was enslaved by William Laughlin 1720-1800 from Co. Antrim. With thanks to Cindy Hines www.enslavement-to-citizenship.com/african-amer...

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Please join us on 14 Feb. at 16:00 in 01.003, 27 Univ Sq where Prof Andrew Holmes will be speaking on Presbyterian opposition to slavery in Ireland! Andrew is an expert in the history of religion in Ireland from c. 1660 to the present with particular reference to Presbyterianism and evangelicalism.

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Have a listen to Brian Sheffey @iaam-cfh.bsky.social speak about the people enslaved by Pierce Butler of Carlow, Ireland www.enslavement-to-citizenship.com/videos.html#/ #ButlerIsland

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Publication Day for The Plunder of Black America: How the Racial Wealth Gap Was Made: “is essential reading for anyone concerned with the past, present, & future of wealth, poverty, & racial injustice.” #BlackHistoryMonth yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300... #racialwealthgap #blackhistory

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There were Black authors who wrote romance for Harlequin and Silhouette in the 80s and 90s, but they often had to write white stories in order to get published. Here are four examples: romancehistory.com/2024/02/10/w...

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#TheyWereHerProperty (2019) by Stephanie Jones-Rogers speaks to the active involvement of white women in the institution of slavery. www.stephaniejonesrogers.com/book

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Can't get enough MMoR & @kingshistory.bsky.social conferences?? We're thrilled to be associated with "Caribbean Connections", organised by Michael Bennett and @drmishaewen.bsky.social and taking place 25-26 June at King's. See the CfP here.... #EarlyModern 🗃️

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I’ll be posting from the Bookselling Ireland conference today. There are almost 200 bookshop across Ireland and they have huge cultural impact. Plus they contribute around e189 million annually to the economy.

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Ever wondered what your hometown looked like 200 years ago? 🗺️ See what familiar places can you find in this 1807 map of Scotland > maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/...

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BHM 2025, Day 11: Odell Black Jim Crow era Davidson College employee #BlackHistoryMonth

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Free Talk for #InternationalWomensDay Wed 5th March, 1pm, Belfast City Hall. As part of IWD2025, Clifton House has teamed up with #BelfastCityCouncil to deliver a talk on 'Belfast's Remarkable Women'. Remember them & their activism, to register, visitbelfast.ticketsolve.com/ticketbooth/...

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Remembering Mrs Fannie Moore born in Spartanburg County, SC abt 1849. She and her family gained freedom from the family of Charles Moore 'the schoolteacher' from Ulster. The Irish Moore family were enslavers for almost 200 years. northcarolinaslavenarratives.wordpress.com/north-caroli...

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