caribbean Archives - Global Black History

BARBADOS ELECTED SANDRA MASON TO BE ITS FIRST-EVER PRESIDENT Barbados shed its colonial past and elected Sandra Mason to be its first President. The decision comes after a joint session of the country’s House of Assembly and Senate, which elected her by…

Black Resistance to Slavery: The Maroons of Jamaica

The Maroons of Jamaica are descendants of Africans who fought and escaped from slavery and established free communities in the mountains of Jamaica during slavery. African slaves in Jamaica were first imported by the Spanish and then the British. Africans in Jamaica continually fought and revolted against slavery which…

Belize: A Brief History of Slavery, Colonialism and Class

Belize is a small country with 8,867 square miles of land and population of only 297,651 people, making it the country with the lowest population density in Central America. It borders borders with Mexico, Guatemala, and the Caribbean Sea. Belize also consists…

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Barbados Elects A Black Woman President, Replacing Britain’s Queen Elizabeth

Black Resistance to Slavery: The Maroons of Jamaica

Belize: A Brief History of Slavery, Colonialism and Class