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Each One, Reach One. In overthrowing me, you have cut only the...

Mon, 20 May 2013 12:37:36 -0400

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)

Denise Valentine. Storyteller featured in Humanities, Magazine...

Wed, 15 May 2013 12:42:00 -0400

Denise Valentine. Storyteller featured in Humanities, Magazine of the National Endowment for the Humanities | This End Up by Kevin Mahnken (via This End Up)

Book Denise Valentine’s SideTour in Historic Philadelphia!

Unearth Philly’s Underground Stories of Freedom and Slavery

Ancestral Remembrance Day - June 2 - Philadelphia, PA | The...

Tue, 14 May 2013 00:43:27 -0400

Ancestral Remembrance Day - June 2 - Philadelphia, PA | The Philadelphia Middle Passage Ceremony (via Philadelphia Middle Passage Ceremony & Port Marker Project)

It’s official! Toussaint L’ouverture @hipcinema...

Mon, 13 May 2013 07:28:00 -0400

It’s official! Toussaint L’ouverture @hipcinema @Haitianpros215 premiers in Philly, June 2 @PhiladelphiaMPC | wp.me/pdrGS-Eo

@PhiladelphiaMPC

The Philadelphia Middle Passage Ceremony & Port Marker Project

Amandla! Now

Wed, 08 May 2013 00:30:00 -0400

Nelson Mandela was inaugurated as South Africa’s first black president, May 10 1994. Hero...

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

Sat, 04 May 2013 01:36:00 -0400

Dazed…. Just received this message: From the Secretariat of the Permanent Forum on Indigenous...

(via Independence Seaport Museum uncovers treasures of...

Fri, 03 May 2013 07:51:38 -0400

(via Independence Seaport Museum uncovers treasures of “African Presence on the Delaware River”)

THE REAL UNCLE TOM - Uncle Tom’s Cabin Historic Site -...

Sun, 28 Apr 2013 07:15:00 -0400

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.

Portrait: Joseph Bonaparte, onetime king of Spain and Naples,...

Sun, 14 Apr 2013 15:16:00 -0400

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)

Recently uncovered archival treasures of the African presence on...

Sat, 13 Apr 2013 07:08:49 -0400

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

Publication in Germantown (PA) 1759 Anthony Benezet's pamphlet, Observations on Inslaving...

Sat, 13 Apr 2013 04:43:00 -0400

Source: ushistory.org via Denise on Pinterest Publication in Germantown (PA) 1759 of Anthony...

United States slave trade, 1830

Thu, 11 Apr 2013 21:45:00 -0400

United States slave trade, 1830: United States slave trade, 1830 “The Copper Plate, from which the...

(Badass of the Week) Toussaint L’Ouverture - leader of the...

Mon, 08 Apr 2013 09:18:02 -0400

(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

theafricanfilmfestival: What? Toussaint...

Wed, 03 Apr 2013 22:37:32 -0400

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?

Prayers in a Song: Learning Language through Hip-Hop | Great...

Wed, 03 Apr 2013 22:24:59 -0400

Prayers in a Song: Learning Language through Hip-Hop | Great Lakes Native Culture & Language (The Ways)

Eastern State Penitentiary Town Hall: Engaging a Broad Audience...

Tue, 02 Apr 2013 15:34:20 -0400

Eastern State Penitentiary Town Hall: Engaging a Broad Audience in Discussions of Race, Mass Incarceration and Other Hard Topics, Philadelphia Tues, April 9, 7 - 8pm | Free, Reception to Follow

History of Religion: The Geography of Faith and its Wars Across History

Sun, 31 Mar 2013 13:21:00 -0400

neutralangel: josephboston: This image is the earliest known...

Sun, 31 Mar 2013 12:58:16 -0400

neutralangel:

josephboston:

This image is the earliest known image of Jesus Christ, from the Coptic Museum in Cairo, Egypt. This painting of Jesus is older than the image of the black Jesus Christ in the Church of Rome which is from the 6th century.

SEE, HISTORY CHANNEL? THIS IS HISTORY.

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Sun, 31 Mar 2013 10:17:30 -0400

Announcing… The Philadelphia Middle Passage Ceremony and...

Thu, 28 Mar 2013 20:22:00 -0400

Announcing…

The Philadelphia Middle Passage Ceremony and Port Marker Project

The inaugural Middle Passage Ceremony will take place on June 2, 2013 on the pier at the Independence Seaport Museum on Penn’s Landing in Philadelphia, PA. Activities, from dawn to dusk, will include a blessing of the river, libations, community performances, a reception, a research lecture and film screening.

For more information visit: https://sites.google.com/site/philadelphiampc

Image: Port of Philadelphia, 1761 - Image courtesy Independence Seaport Museum, Philadelphia