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Each One, Reach One. In overthrowing me, you have cut only the trunk of the tree of liberty. It will spring again from the roots for they are numerous and deep.”  – Toussaint L’Ouverture, 1802 (via Roots & Wings)

Each One, Reach One.

In overthrowing me, you have cut only the trunk of the tree of liberty. It will spring again from the roots for they are numerous and deep.” 

– Toussaint L’Ouverture, 1802

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UN Sessions of the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (UNPFII) Photo Stream

Dazed….  Just received this message:

From the Secretariat of the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (SPFII) United Nations (UN): 

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Dear Denise Valentine,

We have the pleasure to confirm your participation, as observer, for the “Twelfth Session of the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues” in the capacity as an NGO representative to the organization Gray Panthers has been approved.

 

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Visit the Photostream to view previous sessions.

(Source: Flickr / unpfii)

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THE REAL UNCLE TOM - Uncle Tom’s Cabin Historic Site - commemorates the life of Reverend Josiah Henson for his contributions to the abolition movement and for his work in the Underground Railroad. Uncle Tom’s Road, Dresden, ON Canada. It was Henson’s life experiences that inspired Ms. Stowe’s creation of the character Uncle Tom in her 1852 novel.

THE REAL UNCLE TOM - Uncle Tom’s Cabin Historic Site - commemorates the life of Reverend Josiah Henson for his contributions to the abolition movement and for his work in the Underground Railroad. Uncle Tom’s Road, Dresden, ON Canada. It was Henson’s life experiences that inspired Ms. Stowe’s creation of the character Uncle Tom in her 1852 novel.

(Source: uncletomscabin.org)

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Portrait: Joseph Bonaparte, onetime king of Spain and Naples, Napoleon Bonaparte’s older brother. After Napoleon’s defeat at Waterloo in 1815, a “wave of French refugees landed in Philadelphia. During his 17 year exile, Joseph resided at 260 S. Ninth St., just north of Pennsylvania Hospital, leased several other houses in Philadelphia. and built a mansion “on a bluff overlooking the Delaware River” in Bordentown, N.J. Hmmm… If we #FollowtheMoney$$$  we find mystery and intrigue. Apparently, Joseph had “close ties with Stephen Girard, the wealthy banker,” It’s even rumored that the brother of the fallen emperor, traveling under the name Lazare Carnot, “carried a case of jewels and had hidden a cache of gold in Switzerland for recovery when he was settled.” (Philly.com/Daly Stew) 

Portrait: Joseph Bonaparte, onetime king of Spain and Naples, Napoleon Bonaparte’s older brother. After Napoleon’s defeat at Waterloo in 1815, a “wave of French refugees landed in Philadelphia. During his 17 year exile, Joseph resided at 260 S. Ninth St., just north of Pennsylvania Hospital, leased several other houses in Philadelphia. and built a mansion “on a bluff overlooking the Delaware River” in Bordentown, N.J.

Hmmm… If we #FollowtheMoney$$$  we find mystery and intrigue. Apparently, Joseph had “close ties with Stephen Girard, the wealthy banker,” It’s even rumored that the brother of the fallen emperor, traveling under the name Lazare Carnot, “carried a case of jewels and had hidden a cache of gold in Switzerland for recovery when he was settled.”

(Philly.com/Daly Stew) 

Filed under FollowtheMoney$$$ didyouknow timetravel

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Recently uncovered archival treasures of the African presence on the Delaware from the collection of the Independence Seaport Museum serves as the basis for an exhibit presented around four major thematic stations: Enslavement, Emancipation, Jim Crow, and Civil Rights. The exhibit will open to the public on May 4, 2013. Penn’s Landing, Philadelphia, PA

Recently uncovered archival treasures of the African presence on the Delaware from the collection of the Independence Seaport Museum serves as the basis for an exhibit presented around four major thematic stations: Enslavement, Emancipation, Jim Crow, and Civil Rights. The exhibit will open to the public on May 4, 2013. Penn’s Landing, Philadelphia, PA

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United States slave trade, 1830

United States Slave trade, 1830 - LC-USZ62-89701

United States slave trade, 1830

  • “The Copper Plate, from which the above picture [was]  engraved, was found… by workmen engaged in removing the ruins of Anti-Slavery Hall, in Philadelphia, which was burned by a mob in 1838”.

  • Digital ID: (digital file from b&w film copy neg.) cph 3b36072 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cph.3b36072
  • Reproduction Number: LC-USZ62-89701 (b&w film copy neg.)
  • Repository: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
 
 
 

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(Badass of the Week) Toussaint L’Ouverture - leader of the Haitian Revolution. Died in a French Prison, Fort-de-Joux, April 7, 1803. Louverture told his captors. “In overthrowing me, you have cut down in Saint-Domingue only the trunk of the tree of liberty.” “It will spring up again by the roots, for they are numerous and deep.”  Visit: The Toussaint Louverture Historical Society

(Badass of the Week) Toussaint L’Ouverture - leader of the Haitian Revolution. Died in a French Prison, Fort-de-Joux, April 7, 1803. Louverture told his captors. “In overthrowing me, you have cut down in Saint-Domingue only the trunk of the tree of liberty.” “It will spring up again by the roots, for they are numerous and deep.” 

Visit: The Toussaint Louverture Historical Society

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theafricanfilmfestival: What? Toussaint Louverture (180m) Historical action epic based on the life of Toussaint Louverture, who led a successful slave rebellion in the 18th century that sparked the Haitian Revolution.  When? Wednesday, April 3rd, 2:00pm Where?Walter Reade Theater (165 West 65th Street between Broadway and Amsterdam) and Elinor Bunin Munroe Film Center (144 West 65 Street, between Broadway & Amsterdam). Toussaint Louverture  Coming to Philadelphia this summer?

theafricanfilmfestival:

What? Toussaint Louverture (180m) Historical action epic based on the life of Toussaint Louverture, who led a successful slave rebellion in the 18th century that sparked the Haitian Revolution. 

When? Wednesday, April 3rd, 2:00pm

Where?Walter Reade Theater (165 West 65th Street between Broadway and Amsterdam) and Elinor Bunin Munroe Film Center (144 West 65 Street, between Broadway & Amsterdam).

Toussaint Louverture 

Coming to Philadelphia this summer?

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