Liberating Narratives

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Liberating Narratives is a newsletter about decolonizing the teaching of world history. It is written by @bramhubbell.bsky.social LN: https://www.liberatingnarratives.com/ Bram: https://www.bramhubbell.com

Because the land had trade goods, … such as ivory, tortoise-shell, panther skins, and ambergris, and because they [Arab and Persian traders] wanted to obtain Zanj [slaves], … they could not take it because the town is surrounded by a strong wall and an estuary, in the middle of which Qanbalu is like a castle.
French opium factory in Saigon, c.1900.
Quote: “The object of the Persian merchants in being able to transport opium from Persia to China via Bombay is simply the freedom of trade in opium as in other articles... In consideration of the above circumstances, if His Excellency the Viceroy and Governor General in Council will be pleased to pass an order for the transshipment of Persian opium to China via Bombay, it will undoubtedly be advantageous to the British Government, and the Persian Merchants will also enjoy the advantage of freedom in their trade.”
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Map showing railway lines in Africa and the resources Europeans extracted from Africa by 1935.
Map showing major uprisings by Africans against Europeans from 1880 to 1935.
Map of late 19th/early 20th century global migration. Source: A History of World Societies
Map of uprisings by enslaved Africans in the Caribbean from 1791 to 1848. Source: The Map Archive.
Map showing anticolonial uprisings from 1880 to 1920
Illustration showing European photographers staging a photograph in Vietnam.
Cartoon showing Britain, Germany, and Russia picking colonies for their “grab bags”
Outline map of Africa in c.1900
World map showing New Imperialism.
Egyptian political cartoon from 1900
Dubrovnik
Map of Benjamin of Tudela’s travels in the 12th century.
Painting showing Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan holding court
Map called "How Big is Africa?" It shows how Europe, the United States, and China all fit within Africa.
Map of Indian Ocean exchange in 1500
A cartoon from 1930s showing solidarity between workers and colonial soldiers as they on the imperialist in a top hat
Text Shot: England through her leaders is insolently crushing Indian religious and national sentiment under her heels. England, under the false plea of self-determination, is trying to exploit the oil fields of Mesopotamia which she is almost to leave, because she has probably no choice. France through her leaders is lending her name to training Cannibals as soldiers, and is shamelessly betraying her trust as a mandatory power by trying to kill the spirit of the Syrians. President Wilson has thrown on the scrap heap his precious fourteen points. It is this combination of evil forces, which India is really fighting through non-violent Non-co-operation
Map of some anticolonialism uprisings in Africa and Asia around 1900
Emma Goldman speaking in Union Square
American propaganda poster from the First World War suggesting all women supported the war.
Poster for workshop on teaching the transatlantic slave system
Chinese porcelain factory in Jingdezhen