Braids were more than just style during slavery. Enslaved people used braids to communicate escape routes. pic.twitter.com/lg4DERyiSt
— Judahπ¦ (@BachirSoHumble) February 8, 2025
For some reason nobody is buying it. It's like they don't even believe lived history.
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The actual history is interesting apparently the hairstyle existed in Africa since literally the beginning of mankind. In America it was particularly popular among enslaved blacks on plantations and runaway slaves could even be told apart from free blacks because of how much it was a part of the culture of the enslaved blacks.
!historychads
Also maybe going a bit off topic but I completely detest the back and forth of
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