6 men and boys on John Tharp's Jamaican plantations, including 3 born in Africa, were given the name Romeo, after Shakespeare's romantic hero buff.ly/lSQBW2i #slavery #Jamaica #familyhistory

6 men and boys on John Tharp's Jamaican plantations, including 3 born in Africa, were given the name Romeo, after Shakespeare's romantic hero buff.ly/lSQBW2i #slavery #Jamaica #familyhistory
On the night of August 7, 1852, I led my family away from the Pendleton property in Hagerstown, MD. Fourteen people. Four generations. Two infants. Pennsylvania was just miles north. We were already gone. My name was PETER. #slavery #MD #blackhistory
Mary Prince was born #OTD 1788 in Bermuda the daughter of slaves. She was sold four times before travelling to England with her enslavers. Her autobiography is the first British book by a black women. Hear her story in our Women and Writing podcast: tinyurl.com/jrcjkwwc #history #slavery
and demonstrated his skills to European royalty. In 1821, he became an usher at the coronation of George IV. Richmond died in London in December 1829. #BlackHistoryMonth #BHM2026 #Slavery #BoxingHistory #Georgian #York
The reason why privileged Korean residents in Japan are not punished for crimes is because this country is a British colony under divided rule.
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Yet another #UShistory #slavery #sentenceoftheday #booksky #ThisLandIsYourLand #BeverlyGage "In 1829, Mexico abolished slavery," something the Founders "had barely considered."
Pay to cum. Pay to cum. Pay to cum. #slavery #piss #drain #hypergamy
» Burundi agrees to a̶c̶c̶e̶p̶t̶ t̶h̶i̶r̶d̶-c̶o̶u̶n̶t̶r̶y̶ ENTER HUMAN TRAFFICKING NETWORK OF US deportees
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Today is the birthday of Horatio Nelson. In his honour, between 1817 and 1832, four enslaved males were named Nelson and two Admiral Nelson on John Tharp's Jamaican plantations buff.ly/lSQBW2i #slavery #Jamaica #familyhistory
Marthe Adélaïde Modeste Testas, l’esclavage, ne pas oublier - et lire le formidable Humeur noire d’Anne-Marie Garat
Angola Pushes Slavery Reparations at the UN, Though Not in Its Main Speech
->The Rio Times | More on "Angola slavery reparations UN push" at BigEarthData.ai | #Slavery #Reparation #HumanTrafficking
Once free, Millie and Christine continued performing, but their situation was fundamentally different.
They were no longer enslaved property who could legally be bought and sold. Their career expanded into an extraordinary international success.
They became known as the “Two-Headed Nightingale.”
The end of slavery did not end attempts by other people to control them.
A complicated dispute developed over custody of the sisters and control of their lucrative performing career.
The sisters were sold while still very young and passed through the hands of various owners and showmen.
They were exhibited before paying audiences and were even kidnapped amid disputes over who possessed the right to display them.
Before Millie and Christine were old enough to understand what was happening to them, they had become valuable commodities not only because they were enslaved, but because people would pay admission to see them.