Federal and state authorities are working to find the origins of racist text messages sent to Black people across the country threatening them with slavery and telling them they were “selected to pick cotton at the nearest plantation.

"Since the recent election, many have chosen this blacked-out profile as a form of protest against the election results," wrote one person in a post on Facebook. "This simple gesture is a way of expressing dissatisfaction and solidarity with others who feel similarly about the outcome."

The FBI and authorities in several states are investigating racist text messages sent to Black people nationwide this week saying they would be brought to plantations to work as enslaved people and pick cotton.

Several federal and state agencies are investigating how racist mass texts were sent to Black people across the country in the wake of the presidential election this week

Black Minnesota middle school students are receiving racist text messages referencing plantations and slavery. Its part of a nationwide trend.

Racist text messages invoking slavery raised alarm across the country this week after they were sent to Black men, women and students, including middle schoolers, prompting inquiries by the FBI and ot

Racist text messages were sent to scores of Black people the day after the election telling them they had been “selected” to pick cotton “at the nearest plantation.”

Anonymous text messages referencing slavery have been sent to people of all ages across the country. The FBI is investigating.