Posts Tagged ‘The Middle Passage’
Faith, History, Health: Why a NYC Church Commemorates the Middle Passage
At a time when some governments and schools are resisting or eliminating the teaching of Black history, St. Paul Community Baptist Church centers it with 8 days of programming, sweeping in self-care and healing from generational trauma.
Read More14 sunken slaver ships found in Bahamas
Largest cluster of sunken vessels from the 18th and 19th centuries have been identified, bearing ‘silent witness’ to the colonial past. A summary of Dalya Alberge’s article “‘Highway to horror’: 14 wrecked slavers’ ships are identified in Bahamas” published at The Gaurdian.
Read MoreMiddle Passage Ceremonies And Port Markers Project – The Malaga Speaks
MPCPMP invites you to a webinar with performing artist Antonio Rocha in observance of the UNESCO-designated International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and Its Abolition. The program will be on Zoom from 7-8pm ET, and in order to attend you must register for free.
Read MoreMy Great-Grandfather, the Nigerian Slave-Trader
Nigerian slave trade results in Igbo Landing mass suicide in 1803.
Read MoreWhat Was the 2nd Middle Passage?
Henry Louis Gates Jr. writes about the forcible movement of enslaved people after they were already on American soil.
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