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![AfricanArchives Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:24/cr:twitter::808806102.png) AFRICAN & BLACK HISTORY [@AfricanArchives](/creator/twitter/AfricanArchives) on x 1.1M followers
Created: 2025-07-11 18:21:24 UTC

Did you know the desire to escape slavery, was once classified as a mental illness called Drapetomania in 1851.

Black people were considered mentally ill for refusing to live in bondage.

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