Between 1760 and 1860, 1.2 million enslaved men, women, and children were sold on auction blocks in America.

Generations of families were destroyed to increase the profits of southern plantation owners, and northern textile magnates.

No enslaved person benefited from the… pic.twitter.com/zzK0ASyKC8

— Southern Sister Resister - Wordsmith #IAmTheStorm (@ResisterSis20) July 31, 2023