Cannonization as a Saint

The line between West Indians and African-Americans was fuzzy... Most of us already know that the slave trade circulated blacks between the U.S. and the Caribbean. We also probably know that after the Haitian Revolution, many Haitian slaveholders moved to Louisiana to start over, bringing their Haitian slaves with them. But West Indians also turned up in free states very … [Read more...] about Thursday Open Thread: Black History Facts