https://bernews.com/2011/02/u-s-profiles-former-slave-bermuda-resident/ Bermuda's #1 source for 24/7 breaking news, photos & videos Sun, 12 Apr 2026 17:32:17 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.7.5 https://bernews.com/2011/02/u-s-profiles-former-slave-bermuda-resident/#comment-415360 Tue, 05 Mar 2013 16:26:03 +0000 http://bernews.com/?p=45811#comment-415360 [...] The Life of Joseph Rainey”, a brisk account of how that former South Carolina slave  found sanctuary in Bermuda during the American Civil War before returning to the United States to become the first black [...]

]]> https://bernews.com/2011/02/u-s-profiles-former-slave-bermuda-resident/#comment-24735 Mon, 07 Feb 2011 18:24:51 +0000 http://bernews.com/?p=45811#comment-24735 I love to hear stories like these about how a black person (or any person), goes from the lowest point in their life to their zenith. This shows you, if they could do it in times of slavery, then we can definetly do it now

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