HAPPY HUMP DAY P.O.U.! We continue our series on African, Caribbean and African-American Ghost Stories.... THE WHITE WITCH OF JAMAICA (Montego Bay, Jamaica) … [Read more...] about Wednesday Open Thread: Caribbean & African-American Ghost Stories
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Saturday Open Thread: Black Nurses Who Changed the Course of History
Mary Jane Seacole (23 November 1805 – 14 May 1881), née Grant, was a Jamaican-born woman of Scottish and Creole descent who set up a "British Hotel" behind the lines during the Crimean War, which she described as "a mess-table and comfortable quarters for sick and convalescent officers," and provided succour for wounded servicemen on the battlefield. She was posthumously … [Read more...] about Saturday Open Thread: Black Nurses Who Changed the Course of History
Thursday Open Thread: Slave Rebellions II – The Rebels
GOOD MORNING, P.O.U.! We continue our series on Slave Rebels.... QUEEN NANNY OF THE MAROONS … [Read more...] about Thursday Open Thread: Slave Rebellions II – The Rebels
Wednesday Open Thread: Slave Rebellions II – The Rebels
HAPPY HUMP DAY, P.O.U.! CAPTAIN CUDJOE … [Read more...] about Wednesday Open Thread: Slave Rebellions II – The Rebels
Saturday Open Thread: Slave Rebellions
GOOD MORNING P.O.U.! THE BAPTIST WAR Jamaica … [Read more...] about Saturday Open Thread: Slave Rebellions