Horrora C @theaurorac.bsky.social · 20/02/2026🧵 On February 20, 1856, slavery was formally abolished in the Romanian Principalities, ending five centuries of chattel slavery. The first official record of the enslavement of Roma people dates to 1385. 1176 0
Horrora C @theaurorac.bsky.social · 20/02/2026It was a fully institutionalized system. Roma families were owned by the state, by Orthodox monasteries, and by private landowners. And legal freedom did not end marginalization and anti-Roma racism, which continues to this day. We have so far still to go. 1103 0
