Deleted Tweets From Brittany DeBarros, D-N.Y.
Brittany DeBarros's accounts: Britt4Congress
Tracked Between: April 16, 2021-August 23, 2022
Britt4Congress (D-N.Y.)
@Britt4Congress
"Joel A. Cooley was a prosperous oysterman, just like is grandfather Philip Cooley. He was a member of the Horticultural Society and wonderfully engaged member of his Tottenville community. Read about his dahlias here: https://t.co/Jrwi009rZT" https://t.co/MxHnQLGOiY
Britt4Congress (D-N.Y.)
@Britt4Congress
"John M. Royall, had his hand in all things Harlem business. But as a realtor, saw a great opportunity to find affordable homes for African American in Staten Island. Read more about the work of Mr. Royall here: https://t.co/K5h3MusFUR To know is to overcome." https://t.co/YJk9cC9Nqb
Britt4Congress (D-N.Y.)
@Britt4Congress
"Learn more about the Honorable P.B.S. Pinchback here: https://t.co/V7shGNyIPM To know is to overcome." https://t.co/7WOfUIE1iR
Britt4Congress (D-N.Y.)
@Britt4Congress
"Louis Napoleon, born free but remained indentured to his mother's enslaver. He was befriended by abolitionists Gerrit Smith and Horace Greeely. Mr. Napoleon began his underground railroad career as a young man and received a pension from his abolition friends when he retired. https://t.co/aBTrs3nEWA
Britt4Congress (D-N.Y.)
@Britt4Congress
"Thomas Peter Robinson was an extraordinary man who at the age of 21 left his home in the Sandy Ground community of Staten Island to enlist in the first organized USCT and fight for the freedom of African Americans still suffering under the lash of slavery." https://t.co/rbkCNKH9BW
Britt4Congress (D-N.Y.)
@Britt4Congress
Cherry Lane is now Forest Avenue... https://t.co/MozGIDtT7C
Britt4Congress (D-N.Y.)
@Britt4Congress
"Also called 'August First Day,' the event was one of the most important celebrations for African Americans during the 19th century. It was also widely celebrated across the nation with picnics, speeches, dancing, hymns and marches until the beginning of the Civil War." https://t.co/22fCHFAYLT
Britt4Congress (D-N.Y.)
@Britt4Congress
"One hundred ninety-four years ago this month the community of Sandy Ground was established with the purchase of 2 1/2 acres of land by Capt. John Jackson. To know is to overcome." https://t.co/3Gyrbvmixr
Britt4Congress (D-N.Y.)
@Britt4Congress
"Joseph Ryerss overcame enslavement to go on to purchase & free his family members & secure property in West New Brighton. He insisted his family cemetery remained as such; & although now abandoned, the Friends of Abandoned Cemeteries & Lynn Rogers ensures the history remains." https://t.co/2ke3V8jlk7
Britt4Congress (D-N.Y.)
@Britt4Congress
"Slavery was woven into the fabric of Staten Island's DNA just as it was in any southern state. To know, is to overcome." https://t.co/ohppyyzP1h
Britt4Congress (D-N.Y.)
@Britt4Congress
"Free born and formerly enslaved men, women and children leave Staten Island after the Revolutionary War. As former loyalists, they looked to Nova Scotia for a brighter future, forever linking the history of of people of African descent to both places." https://t.co/GSprlVZbhu
Britt4Congress (D-N.Y.)
@Britt4Congress
First recorded mention of African Americans on Staten Island... https://t.co/kjD4VdfTvs
Britt4Congress (D-N.Y.)
@Britt4Congress
Many people don’t know that Sandy Ground, Staten Island is the oldest continuously inhabited free Black community in the US, or that African Americans on Staten island’s North and South shores worked together to aid self-emancipating freedom seekers during the 19th century... https://t.co/6pinLzjDwL
Britt4Congress (D-N.Y.)
@Britt4Congress
"More and more New York cemeteries were either closing to African Americans or segregating them to the least attractive sections on their grounds. Frederick Douglass provided a place of beauty and dignity for African American families to lay their family members to rest." https://t.co/DcPniJvolr
Britt4Congress (D-N.Y.)
@Britt4Congress
"Slavery was woven into the fabric of Staten Island's DNA just as it was in any southern state. To know, is to overcome." - @debbieann_paige https://t.co/PRP4TXCrvA
Britt4Congress (D-N.Y.)
@Britt4Congress
RT @Erik_Shell: It makes me really proud to see Brittany out at the Capitol. Leadership means showing up *before* you're in power, not aft… QT @Britt4Congress: So many amazing solidarity relationships forming as we connect with folks from across the country determined to ens… https://t.co/Vn9Kg6Qo4s)
Britt4Congress (D-N.Y.)
@Britt4Congress
RT @_pamcampos: It’s rare to see a sharp candidate for Congress leading from the front with grounded precision & the kind of radical integr… QT @Britt4Congress: We have to assess the relation of means to ends. Right now centering Ukrainian lives requires leaning into all mult… https://t.co/CT3FMLPmmz)
Britt4Congress (D-N.Y.)
@Britt4Congress
RT @BrittDeBarros: Truth: I’m shook by reports of @CoriBush vehicle struck by bullets. I just keep thinking about her courage & clarit… https://t.co/7WlmODBZ6F
Britt4Congress (D-N.Y.)
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RT @BrittDeBarros: Israel is factually an apartheid state. It is not anti-semitic to support Palestinian human rights. To say so is to eras… QT @dannydanon: In a letter of support for @EmmaWatson that was published today and signed by actors @MarkRuffalo and… https://t.co/KcVaZvaig1)
Britt4Congress (D-N.Y.)
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RT @BrittDeBarros: Read this QT @nhannahjones: I was invited to give an MLK speech today and a small number of members of the group hosting me wrote and then leak… https://t.co/4VzPHCCdrb)