Slave Revolt in Long Island

Gov’t to finance new prison itself – Chang

Nearly five years after Britain’s Cameron administration offered to part-finance a new penal facility in Jamaica, the Holness Government has announced that it will fund the construction of a state-of-the-art prison out of

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History of Slavery in America

Follow the timeline to learn more about the history of slavery in the United States, including the arrival of the first African slaves to America, the federal banishment of slave importation, and the abolishment of slavery in the United

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Source: Fact Monster - Black History

Kenya: Woman Commits Suicide in Komarock After Poisoning Her Two Young Children

Police in Nairobi have launched investigations after a mother on Wednesday night committed suicide in Komarock estate, after poisoning her two

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Source: allAfrica.com

(1859) William Lloyd Garrison, “On the Death of John Brown”

On December 2, 1859, John Brown was executed by Virginia authorities in Charles Town for his ill-fated raid on the federal armory at Harpers Ferry. Soon after word of his death reached Boston, William Lloyd Garrison, the leading abolitionist in the United States at the time, gave this stirring

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Vesey, Denmark

Vesey, Denmark, 1767?–1822, African-American leader. After many years as a slave he won (1800) $1,500 in a lottery and purchased his freedom. Intelligent and energetic, he acquired considerable wealth and influence in South Carolina. Using church meetings as a cover, he supposedly planned

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(1862) John S. Rock, “A Deep and Cruel Prejudice”

New Jersey-born John Sweat Rock was one of the first African American dentists in the United States. He was also a medical doctor and in 1861, after studying law, was admitted to the Massachusetts bar in 1861. On January 23, 1862, Rock addressed the Massachusetts Anti-Slavery Society in

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History of Black Civil Rights in America

The history of black civil rights is the story of Americas caste system. It is the story of how for centuries upper-class whites made African Americans into a slave class, easily identifiable because of their dark skin, and then reaped the benefits—sometimes using law, sometimes using

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Justice in Sierra Leone – What if president Koroma had arrested Bio for treason?

Recalling a major security incident that took place on Friday, 12th October 2012 – a month before elections were held in Sierra Leone, right in the heart of the business district of Freetown, involving the heavily armed motorcade of president Ernest Bai Koroma and the convoy of the then opposition

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Source: SIERRA LEONE TELEGRAPH – Sierra Leone News

What side are you on?

This election year will force America to choose between two very different ideas

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Source: The Dallas Examiner

Everyday Words And Phrases That Have Racist Connotations - The Seattle Medium

America's reckoning with systemic racism is now forcing a more critical look at the language we use. And while the offensive nature of many of these words and phrases has long been documented, some institutions are only now beginning to drop them from the

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Black Teenager Found Hanged in Texas Elementary School Parking Lot

According to authorities, the latest one has taken place in Harris County, Texas, as the body of a black teenager was found hanging in the parking lot of an elementary school earlier this week according to The New York Daily

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Source: The Black Chronicle

Africa: George Floyd Lynching - Africa's Voice On Racism Must Now Be Heard

If on that occasion Africans chose to remain silent so as not to rock the 'Look East' policy that has left many African countries saddled with debt they have no hope of repaying, what accounts for the perception in the continent that racism is a problem for black people in the

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Source: allAfrica.com

Viral Videos Of Black Death Are The Gift And The Curse

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Africa: America Is Better Than This - So Act As If It Is!

One hundred years ago or even later, a black man could be picked up by a group of white men in some states in the United States, accused on the spot with any crime that the white mob thought appropriate, and hanged to death on the nearest

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Source: allAfrica.com

Sunny Hostin goes viral explaining George Washington's history as a slave owner

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Madagascar sends troops, doctors to virus-hit eastern town

Madagascar's government has announced it will dispatch troops and doctors to an eastern town after several bodies were found in the streets and where two people died from the novel

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Source: https://www.news24.com

Slavery

Slave and Slaves redirect here. For the 1969 film, see Slaves (film). Mamluk

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Broadway star Robert Hartwell buys historic 1820 house built by slaves

Broadway star Robert Hartwell has purchased a historic home built by slaves that he intends to “fill with love.” The actor turned entrepreneur shared the exciting news with his followers on Instagram, noting that he bought the house after stumbling upon it while perusing the Internet. “3 weeks

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Source: theGrio

Edward R. S. Canby

...in which about 80 warriors and their families retreated to the California Lava Beds, a land of complex ravines and caves; there they mounted an effective resistance. After the murder of Brig. Gen. Edward Canby, who headed a peace commission in April 1873, U.S. troops prosecuted the war more

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The founding fathers and the fexing question of slavery | New York Carib News

The date marking the birth of any nation is a cause for celebration. July 4, 2020, marked 244 years since the United States threw off the yoke of British colonization. The victors gathered in Philadelphia not just to celebrate but to write a constitution that institutionalized the democratic

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Source: The New York Carib News

Ambassador’s statement on George Floyd killing opens way for reset for American diplomatic engagement here

A public response by US resident Ambassador to Guyana, her Excellency Sarah-Ann Lynch on the US Embassy’s Facebook page decrying the murder of Mr George Floyd by a Minnesota police officer was drawn to my

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Fort Lawton (Seattle) “Riot” and POW Lynching, 1944

On August 14, 1944, African American soldiers “rioted” against Italian prisoners of war at Seattle’s Fort Lawton, an Army staging area for combat in the Pacific. American officers and POWs under their guard were severely beaten. The next morning one of the POWs, Guglielmo Olivotto, was

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Source: Black Past

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Slave uprise in Maryland

In 1739, the Black slaves of Prince Georges County, Maryland, secretly organized themselves into

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1739

‘These Are Not Suicides’: Series Of Suspected Lynchings Come As Nation Protests Racism

Source: APU GOMES / Getty

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(1789) An Unknown Free Black Author Describes Slavery In 1789

We don’t know the name of one of the earliest orators against slavery. He was a West Indian who apparently was a former slave fortunate enough to be educated. He was also intimately familiar with slavery and the slave trade in that region. The themes and arguments advanced in this oration will be

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Did You Know That In...

1706 - A New York act is passed encouraging the baptism of slaves, although the baptism does not entitle a slave to freedom.

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African Diaspora Religions

The continent of Africa has been home to hundreds of indigenous tribes speaking a wide variety of languages and believing a wide variety of different spiritual ideas. One certainly cannot speak of African religion as if it was a single, coherent set of beliefs. The versions of these religions as

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The Black Past: Remembered and Reclaimed | An Online Reference Guide to African American History by Professor Quintard Taylor, University of Washington

1603 Mathieu Da Costa, a free black explorer, guides the French through parts of Canada and the Lake Champlain region of what is now New York state. 1603

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Black Teenager Found Hanged in Texas Elementary School Parking Lot

According to authorities, the latest one has taken place in Harris County, Texas, as the body of a black teenager was found hanging in the parking lot of an elementary school earlier this week according to The New York Daily

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(1841) Charles Lenox Remond, “Slavery and the Irish”

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