Theres not many people who know or understand the experience of Africans throughout the diaspora during the slavery period. Face2Face Africa Contributor Eusi Kwayana, who at nearly 90 years old is known internationally as a Pan-Africanist and political activist, writes about the African experience during and after slavery in his homeland of Guyana. (Pictured is the Cuffy [Kofi] monument currently in Guyana honoring the fact that he led his people to freedom in 1763.) He writes: Guyanas Big One (slave revolution) took place in 1763, a decade before Haitis first Big One. The people of Haiti ended their ordeal as human property in 1794, effectively exploiting the French revolution. Thirty-five years after Haiti (1834), the chattel system also collapsed in the British West Indies (Caribbean), and while the laborers were no longer property, they were forced to work like property until 1838. Read the rest here:
Posted on: Tue, 12 Aug 2014 02:00:00 +0000
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