Matilda McClear
Matilda McClear survivor of last slave ship, Clotilda in 1860. Died in 1940.
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Gracia Emanuela Sprok (b. 18th century). She was an Afro-Surinamese woman who fought for her freedom in the Netherlands. Originally enslaved, she successfully sued for her emancipation in 1795, making her one of the few known Black women in Dutch history to legally challenge slavery and win.
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Write a letter to your 100-year-old self. Dear Kiki:I will keep this letter short. I am grateful that at 100 you are still living with the same love, joy, and passion as when you were 67 and I wrote this letter. I love you, Kiki
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Harriet Tubman Day March 10th, her birthday. A holiday since 1990
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Redoshi (c. 1848 – 1937) a West African woman who was enslaved and smuggled to Alabama. One of the last surviving victims of the slave trade.
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Anton de Kom (1898–1945). Surinamese anti-colonial activist, writer, and resistance fighter during World War II. Wrote We Slaves of Suriname (Wij slaven van Suriname), the first book to critically analyze Dutch colonial rule from the perspective of the oppressed.
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Where would you go on a shopping spree? Amazon.com as soon as the economic boycott is over!
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Cheyney University of Pennsylvania is a founded in 1837 as the Institute for Colored Youth, it is the oldest of all historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs) in the United States.
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Cudjoe Kazoola Lewis(c. 1841 – July 1935), born Oluale Kossola, and also known as Cudjo Lewis, was the third-to-last adult survivor of the Atlantic slave trade between Africa and the United States. Together with 115 other African captives, he was brought to the United States on board the ship Clotilda in 1860.
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What is your middle name? Does it carry any special meaning/significance?Currently I have no middle name. My full name is Akilah Monifa. My name at birth was Elizabeth Ann Thompson. I was named after my maternal grandmother Elizabeth Ann Perry.
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