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African American History, Events

Revisit: BLUEFIELDS, NICARAGUA (CA. 1650- )

A city at the mouth of the Escondido River and the Caribbean Sea, Bluefields is home to a large black settlement on the east coast of Nicaragua and is strongly associated with Black Creole culture.  Nicaragua has the largest population of African descent in Central America and approximately two-thirds of that group resides in and around Bluefields.  The black presence in the region goes back to the 17th century as Puritans … Continue reading Revisit: BLUEFIELDS, NICARAGUA (CA. 1650- )

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African American History

Revisit: ASBURY PARK RACE RIOT (1970)

Asbury Park, New Jersey’s West Side district—predominantly black and housing 40% of the town’s permanent population—was consumed by rioting from July 4 to July 10 in 1970. At the time of the riot, 30% of the population, 17,000 people approximately, were African American. The town’s huge tourist-resort industry brought the population to 80,000 annually and employed a large portion of African Americans. However, over time, jobs were increasingly … Continue reading Revisit: ASBURY PARK RACE RIOT (1970)

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Revisit: THE CREOLE CASE (1841)

The Creole Case was the result of an American slave revolt in November 1841 on board the Creole, a ship involved in the United States coastwise slave trade. As a consequence of the revolt, 128 enslaved people won their freedom in the Bahamas, then a British possession. Because of the number of people eventually freed, the Creole mutiny was the most successful slave revolt in US history. In the fall of 1841, the brig Creole, which … Continue reading Revisit: THE CREOLE CASE (1841)

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Revisit: STONO REBELLION (1739)

In 1739, a slave uprising in South Carolina led to the deaths of sixty people. Led by Jemmy, an Angolan, twenty slaves rebelled on the Stono River, resulting in armed conflict and subsequent control measures by the authorities. The uprising’s causes are linked to a malaria epidemic, a recent security act, and the imbalance of white and black populations. Continue reading Revisit: STONO REBELLION (1739)

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