Truth, a women’s liberation activist, delivered impassioned anti-abolitionist speeches like “Ain’t I A Woman” and organized Black Union Army troops against slave owners. Twitter was quick to react to the image, pointing out it looked like the 34-year-old singer was purposefully avoiding eye contact with Pence while getting her microphone from an unknown figure. Mike Pence Changes His Twitter Bio To Biden And Harris Photo It was learnt that Pence changed the bio after Trump criticised him for not helping him. Trump Signs Order Denying Syrian Refugees - Unless Christian Photo Gallery Who is Mike Pence His political life, in photos Presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump announced Friday on Twitter that he has chosen Indiana Gov. Tubman, an armed defender of slaves fleeing servitude, led thousands of Black slaves to freedom in the North along the famous Underground Railroad.
Here’s a quick crash history course for those who aren’t familiar with their contributions in the 1840’s and 50’s.ĭouglass, a writer and photographer, organized abolitionist uprisings in New York and Massachusetts. It also entirely left out the contributions of Black abolitionists like Frederick Douglass, Harriet Tubman, Sojourner Truth, John Mercer Langston who were at the forefront of the anti-slavery movement. Pence’s tweet painted Lincoln in a way that made it seem as if he helped end slavery out of the kindness of his heart, and not out of political necessity. “I will say then that I am not, nor ever have been in favor of bringing about in anyway the social and political equality of the white and black races – that I am not nor ever have been in favor of making voters or jurors of negroes, nor of qualifying them to hold office, nor to intermarry with white people and I will say in addition to this that there is a physical difference between the white and black races which I believe will forever forbid the two races living together on terms of social and political equality.”
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