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On this date in 1859, the Arkansas legislature passed a law that required free blacks to choose exile or slavery. So either you left your home never to return, or you're forced into a life of servitude! #blackhidstory #threefifthsofaperson #blackhistory #thingstheydontteachyou #makebeingblackinamericalegal #alllivesmattermyass https://www.instagram.com/p/BfvgT_3H-G6/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1a0la2uwvxsa1

On this day in 1857, the United States Supreme Court issues a decision in the Dred Scott case, affirming the right of slave owners to take their slaves into the Western territories, thereby negating the doctrine of popular sovereignty and severely undermining the platform of the newly created Republican Party. #blackhistory #dredscottdecision #lessthanaman #propertynotpeople #makebeingblackinamericalegal #threefifthsofaperson #thingstheydontteachyou

Today in 1848, Sarah Roberts was barred from an all white school in Boston. Her father, Benjamin Roberts, filed the first school integration suit on her behalf. #segregation #sararoberts #benjaminroberts #seperatebutunequal #threefifthsofaperson #blackhistorymonth #blackhistoryeveryday #blackhidstory #thingstheydontteachyou

On this day in 1857, the United States Supreme Court issues a decision in the Dred Scott case, affirming the right of slave owners to take their slaves into the Western territories, thereby negating the doctrine of popular sovereignty and severely undermining the platform of the newly created Republican Party. #blackhistory #dredscottdecision #lessthanaman #propertynotpeople #makebeingblackinamericalegal #threefifthsofaperson #thingstheydontteachyou

On this date in 1859, the Arkansas legislature passed a law that required free blacks to choose exile or slavery. So either you leave your home never to return or your forced into a life of servitude! #blackhidstory #threefifthsofaperson #blackhistory #thingstheydontteachyou #makebeingblackinamericalegal #alllivesmattermyass