Rebellious slaves battle French troops in Saint Domingue, now Haiti
Africans resisted slavery at every point. There […]
October 15, 2018
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October 15, 2018
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John Brown: he fought for slaves’ freedom
“John Brown’s body lies a-mouldrin’in the grave, John Brown’s body lies a-mouldrin’in the grave, John Brown’s body lies a-mouldrin’in the grave, But his soul goes marching on.”
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October 15, 2018
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‘I’d rather die than be a white man’s slave’ – the story of the Amistad Rebellion
The Amistad Rebellion tells the story of a group of slaves who rose up. Ken Olende looks at a revolt that caught the imagination of poor people everywhere—and showed slaves could win
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October 13, 2018
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Motley mutinies, popular pirates and slave revolts at sea
Historian Marcus Rediker spoke to Ken Olende about the struggles that took place aboard the ships of early capitalism.
The first strike wasn’t in […]
October 13, 2018
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An empire bathed in blood: when Britannia ruled the waves
In a desperate bid to head off a Scottish Yes vote, David Cameron evoked a mythical British Empire that had given democracy to the poor and freedom to the slaves. Here Ken Olende looks back at what life was really like when Britannia ruled the waves.
October 13, 2018
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CRC Retreat
Members of the CARICOM Reparations Commission (CRC) representing national reparations committees and councils from across the region […]
October 13, 2018
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Two hundred years since the heroic Barbados slave rebellion
April 2016 marks the centenary of the Easter Rising in Dublin, a heroic uprising against the British Empire in its oldest colonial territory.
But […]
October 13, 2018
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Capitalism—a system born of slavery
A map of the transatlantic slave trade
People across the political spectrum acknowledge that racism exists, but its origins […]
October 13, 2018
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August 2, 2018
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Centre for Reparation Research Calls for Reflection and Reparation on Emancipation Day
St. Andrew, Jamaica. Today, 13 of the 15 independent Caribbean Community (CARICOM) countries celebrate “Emancipation Day” with a public holiday and a day of national observance. Emancipation Day commemorates August 1, 1838 when the enslaved people of African descent across the region finally received emancipation from Chattel Slavery and Indentureship. On this 180th anniversary of […]
August 2, 2018
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Sir Hilary Beckles – Emancipation Day Message
We join annually with communities across the world in marking the moment in which the crime of chattel enslavement was confronted and uprooted from our existential realities. For us, the moment is August 1st; other dates are determined elsewhere and officially recognized.
Marking the moment in a celebratory fashion remains necessary despite the despicable nature […]
July 30, 2018
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Call for Papers and Participation
Returning to Source: The Future of Reparations and Restorative Justice for Afrikan
Enslavement
An International Colloquium
Musée da Silva
Porto-Novo
Republic of Benin
19–21 September 2018
ORGANIZED BY THE INTERNATIONAL NETWORK OF SCHOLARS AND ACTIVISTS FOR AFRIKAN REPARATIONS (INOSAAR) IN COLLABORATION WITH THE ASSOCIATION POUR UNE RÉPARATION GLOBALE DE L’ESCLAVAGE (APRGE, BENIN) AND SPONSORED BY THE ARTS AND HUMANITIES RESEARCH COUNCIL (AHRC, […]
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