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Alexander, Archie Alphonso (1888-1958)
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Douglas, H. Ford (1831-1865)
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Toussaint L'Ouverture, François Dominique
Toussaint LOuverture, François Dominique fräNswä´ dômēnēk´ to͞osăN´ lo͞ovĕrtür´ [key], c.1744–1803, Haitian patriot and martyr. A self-educated slave freed shortly before the uprising in 1791, he joined the black rebellion to liberate the slaves and became its organizational genius. Rapidly rising
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CARICOM, the Caribbean Community Organization
Many countries located in the Caribbean Sea are members of the Caribbean Community, or CARICOM, an organization founded in 1973 to make these several small countries more cooperative, economically competitive, and influential in global politics. Headquartered in Georgetown, Guyana, CARICOM has
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20
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60 Million People Will Fall Into Extreme Poverty Due to Coronavirus According to World Bank
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Christophe, Henri
Christophe, Henri äNrē´ krēstôf´ [key], 1767–1820, Haitian revolutionary leader. A freed black slave, he aided Toussaint LOuverture in the liberation of Haiti and was army chief under Dessalines . When the latter declared himself emperor, Christophe took part (1806) in a successful plot against
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Frederick Douglass
Frederick Douglass was a former slave and human rights activist, as well as the first African American to hold a high ranking U.S. government position. He was born into slavery; the exact date of his birth is not known but it is estimated to be around 1818. He was raised by his maternal
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Williams, George Washington (1849-1891)
George Washington Williams was a 19th century American historian most famous for his volumes, History of the Negro Race in America from 1619 to 1880; as Negroes, as Slaves, as Soldiers, and as Citizens (1882), and A History of the Negro Troops in the War of the Rebellion (1887).Williams was born in
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Jones, William B. (1928- )
On July 26, 1977, President Jimmy Carter nominated William B. Jones as the United States Ambassador to Haiti. The U.S. Senate confirmed Jones and soon after he took up his post in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Born on May 2, 1928, to Bill and LaVelle Jones in Los Angeles, California, Ambassador Jones grew
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Caribbean People Stand in Solidarity Against Anti-Black State Violence in the USA
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Douglass, Frederick
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4
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‘The Eddy’ explores jazz via multiracial Paris on Netflix
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Baquaqua, Mahommah Gardo (1824?-1857?)
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