Thread by @RevDrBarber

The blood of those who died in the 1898 Wilmington insurrection still speaks to us today, and we’ve got to remember this history, because look at the trends: lies about voter fraud; a racist insurrection rooted in cheating;

a charismatic leader going across the country spreading lies; taking over parts of the media to spread lies; etc.

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This cemetery is where some people fled to escape the insurrectionist mob in 1898.

(Photos by @IAmLaMonique / @mjwaggonernc)

Some ppl fled to the swamp behind the cemetery. It had been unusually warm, so ppl were wearing summer clothes. When temps dropped 40 degrees, the elderly & babies died in the swamp. People were heard singing hymns to ward off their fear. —John Jeremiah Sullivan @ThirdPersonProj

If you’re still refusing to accept the results of the 2020 election, you can come out to Wilmington, NC, to remember what happened in 1898, but you’re not participating in the healing, because you’re perpetuating lies just like the ones that led to death back then.

January 6ths and November 10ths don’t just happen. They are planned. And we need to call it out when we see it on the city council, when we see it on the county commission, when we see it in the state legislature, when we see it in the Congress.

Joshua Halsey’s blood is crying out from the ground, “Don’t you see what is happening right now? Don’t let what happened in 1898 happen again!” In the name of God & in the memory of Joshua Halsey, we who believe in freedom—regardless of race, gender, age, sexuality—cannot rest.