Philly Middle Passage Project

Philly Middle Passage Project Did You Know Penn`s Landing was one of 175 ports of entry for Africans during the transatlantic human trade? August 5th, Ancestral Remembrance Day!

The Philadelphia Middle Passage Ceremony and Port Marker Project is leading the movement to conduct an annual Ancestral Remembrance Ceremony at Penn's Landing. The purpose of the ceremony is to acknowledge Penn's Landing, and other locations on the Delaware River, as one of 175 ports of entry for Africans during the transatlantic human trade; to commemorate the nearly 2 million Africans who peri

shed in the Middle Passage; and, to gather support for the installation of a marker in their memory. we celebrate the triumphant survival of the descendants of those Africans, and their contributions to this nation. Finally, we call for healing and hope for future generations. The Ancestral Remembrance ceremony takes place annually on August 5th (formerly on June 2nd) on the pier beside the Independence Seaport Museum, Penn’s Landing. Activities include a blessing of the river, libations, community expressions. In 2016, Charles Blockson submitted an application to the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission with letters of support from the community The historical marker "The Pennsylvania Slave Trade" was unveiled on Penn's Landing on August 5th, 2016.

02/27/2020

Julia Chinn had a major impact on politics in Kentucky and America in the 1800s, but few people will recognize her name or the role she played. “She’s literally been …

Convict Leasing
02/22/2020

Convict Leasing

“The pipeline from prison to profits in the United States has deep roots. In this episode of , we explore the topic of convict leasing and its lasting impact on our criminal justice system today. https://t.co/oscoKgIfnk”

Berbice Slave Uprising - 23 February 1763, slaves in the Dutch colony of Berbice (Guyana) revolted.
02/07/2020

Berbice Slave Uprising -
23 February 1763, slaves in the Dutch colony of Berbice (Guyana) revolted.

A 30-minute documentary on one of the greatest events in Guyana's history -- produced by Sherwood Lowe and David Granger.

November 7, 1841, 128 enslaved Africans took over "The Creole" and sailed to Freedom.
02/06/2020

November 7, 1841, 128 enslaved Africans took over "The Creole" and sailed to Freedom.

It's been called the most successful slave rebellion in U.S. history

01/31/2020

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Jean Blackwell Hutson Research and Reference Division, The New York Public Library Digital Collections.

01/30/2020


Professor Sir Geoffrey Palmer on Scotland's colonial past.
01/24/2020

Professor Sir Geoffrey Palmer on Scotland's colonial past.

Professor Sir Geoffrey Palmer gives a lecture entitled "Learning from the Past, Looking to the Future" at EIS HQ for Black History Month 2019. The lecture ta...

01/23/2020

3D video reconstruction of the slave vessel L'Aurore (Voyage ID: 32359). Thanks, A. Rothman

Drawing on extensive archival records, this digital memorial allows analysis of the ships, traders, and captives in the Atlantic slave trade. The three databases below provide details of 36,000 trans-Atlantic slave voyages, 10,000 intra-American ventures, names and personal information. You can read...

01/23/2020

Born to enslaved parents on a Mississippi plantation during the Civil War, Ida B. Wells emerged as a powerful investigative journalist. She overcame death threats and published widely in her quest to document the domestic terrorism against African Americans that came to be known as lynching. Ida Wel...

01/09/2020

Meet a group of vibrant scuba divers determined to find, document and positively identify slave shipwrecks. ➡ Subscribe: http://bit.ly/NatGeoSubscribe ...

01/08/2020

Centuries' worth of important information is stored on paper – which can decay, burn or get eaten by pests. Peek inside the process of making all that data digital.

11/02/2019

Angola was barely mentioned in the history of the slave trade. USA TODAY invited Wanda Tucker there to search for her roots.

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