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By: Guest Post: Margot Maddison-MacFadyen | telling the flesh

Guest Post: Margot Maddison-MacFadyen | telling the flesh — Mon, 08 Jul 2013 14:31:51 +0000

[...] Sally Bassett, an enslaved sixty-eight year old black woman, was burned at the stake in Bermuda in 1730 for allegedly poisoning the slave-owners of her granddaughter, Beck. In 2009, the PLP, the same black local government that designated Mary Prince a Bermudian National Hero, erected a ten-foot-tall sculpture of a pregnant Bassett in front of the Government’s Cabinet Office. Swan attests that this was to: “memorialize the struggle of blacks against slavery” (p. 71). As in the case of Prince’s 2012 nomination, a racially charged-public debate ensued. (For images of the statue, click here) [...]

By: Sen. Furbert On Palacio “Black Apartheid” Exhibit | Bernews.com

Sen. Furbert On Palacio “Black Apartheid” Exhibit | Bernews.com — Wed, 10 Aug 2011 15:02:56 +0000

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Bermuda role in slave rebellions Bermuda black history | Bernews.com — Tue, 23 Nov 2010 13:00:12 +0000

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Bermuda Slave History Slavery in Bermuda Adverts History | Bernews.com — Sun, 02 May 2010 15:04:19 +0000

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Bermuda biographies Bermudian profiles athletes politicians | Bernews.com — Sat, 01 May 2010 23:22:13 +0000

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By: Int. Day for Elimination of Racial Discrimination | Bernews.com

Int. Day for Elimination of Racial Discrimination | Bernews.com — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 18:44:37 +0000

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