This Bull authorised Portugal to raid African Kingdoms, territories and land, capture and enslave the inhabitants and seize their natural and mineral resources, under the authority of the Pope and the Catholic Church.
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October 7, 2022
The Reign of Elizabeth II
A summary of the reign of Elizabeth II and events that took place during her reign
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September 21, 2021
SLAVE BIBLE
“It was intended for use among enslaved Africans in the British West Indies, which is modern day Caribbeans, so Jamaica, Barbados, Antigua,” he says.
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August 15, 2021
USA: MANIFEST DESTINY
President Thomas Jefferson kicked off the country’s westward expansion in 1803 with the Louisiana Purchase, which at some 828,000 square miles nearly doubled the size of the United States and stretched from the Mississippi River to the Rocky Mountains.
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July 2, 2021
CARIBBEAN HISTORIES REVEALED: 20TH CENTURY TRANSITIONS (NATIONAL ARCHIVES, UK)
At the time that this picture was taken, Antigua was under British Colonial rule. Its very existence proves that the British were content to let their subjects live in abject squalor, document it and send it back for filing.
IMAGE ATTRIBUTION: Esemono, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
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June 29, 2021
CARIBBEAN HISTORIES – THE CARIBBEAN & THE WIDER WORLD (NATIONAL ARCHIVES, UK)
One of the main projects that attracted such workers was the building of the Panama Canal. Additionally, about 40,000 Jamaicans and Barbadians settled in Cuba in the early 20th century after migrating there to work in the sugar industry.
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June 26, 2021
CARIBBEAN HISTORIES – SOCIETY & WELFARE POST-TRANSATLANTIC SLAVE TRADE (NATIONAL ARCHIVES, UK)
The schooling system established during slavery was expanded to teach Christian morals to the recently freed slaves.
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June 26, 2021
CARIBBEAN HISTORIES – SLAVERY & NEGOTIATING FREEDOM (NATIONAL ARCHIVES)
The official revisionist historical narrative of the British after the Transatlantic Slave Trade is that there were only 3.1million African people captured, enslaved and worked to death by the British. SWR does not believe that this narrative is historically correct.
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June 26, 2021
CARIBBEAN HISTORIES – IDENTITY (NATIONAL ARCHIVES)
Enslaved Africans constantly fought to keep their identity and heritage alive.