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Ruth van Wijk
Ruth van Wijk
@rvanwijk.bsky.social
🏳️🌈Genealogist, Boomer, Exvangelical, Union Member, Human. May all beings be liberated. May all suffering be eradicated. May all wisdom be embodied. May all beings awaken.
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Wall Street’s story is more than markets and money. In colonial New York, enslaved Indigenous and African people were bought, sold, hired out, and forced to labor in the streets, homes, workshops, and docks of lower Manhattan. Episode 1 of Northern Slavery: The Case Files youtu.be/28QAs3Fn7gM
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Who really “won” the American Revolution? After the British left Long Island in 1783, Patriot refugees, Loyalists, enslaved people, and Indigenous communities faced very different futures. Follow a story of ruined farms, freedom, exile, and home. youtu.be/eziel79XT0E
In October 1776, as British forces tightened control over Long Island, many families faced a decision that would change their lives forever. But in countless cases, it was not fathers, soldiers, or politicians making that choice. It was women. youtu.be/dL3sAxQb-Ow?...
The British invasion of Long Island in 1776 didn’t land on empty ground. Follow Native families on Long Island and along the Connecticut coast as war turns their homelands into a military zone, their water routes into borders, and their identities into labels that erase them. youtu.be/diQYasqvRY4
Why were the lives of enslaved people made "invisible" in the histories of the American Revolution? Investigate with Northeast Cold Case. #Juneteenth #BlackHistory #America250 youtube.com/shorts/K81qb...
When Long Island families fled to Connecticut in 1776, what happened to the people they enslaved? Watch "Freedom, Flight, and Betrayal: Enslaved People in the Long Island Crisis", a story of flight, forced migration, and the choices people faced. #America250 #Juneteenth youtu.be/PFzvcL7Hgvs?...
In 1776, New London was a thriving port. By winter, it was a refuge. Episode 3 of Revolutionary Refugees explores the sudden arrival of Long Island families—and how one Connecticut town struggled, adapted, and changed forever. #America250 youtu.be/kCU2QSbbU8g?...
#America250 In the late 1700s, Sag Harbor wasn’t just a busy whaling port—it was an escape route. Families took whatever they could carry, fleeing war across Long Island Sound to CT. Watch Episode 1 of Revolutionary Refugees now on Northeast Cold Case: youtu.be/cNHVI44fQCs?...
#America250 On a cold night in 1776, a small boat leaves Long Island—no lanterns, just oars in black water and a family risking everything to reach Connecticut. Watch Episode 2 of Revolutionary Refugees now on Northeast Cold Case: youtu.be/CmaDw13ahw8?...
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If he is too erratic by military standards... Then the 25th Amendment is appropriate
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