Today is the 212th anniversary of the 1811 German Coast Uprising, the largest slave revolt in American history!
My ancestors were enslaved on the @WhitPlantation (formerly German-enslaver owned Habitation Haydel).
Learn more: @1811KidOry and @ClintSmithIII! ✊🏾
#ReparationsNow
My ancestors were enslaved on the @WhitPlantation (formerly German-enslaver owned Habitation Haydel).
Learn more: @1811KidOry and @ClintSmithIII! ✊🏾
#ReparationsNow
https://twitter.com/ZinnEdProject/status/1612085957506777089
The California Reparations Task Force’s historic interim report references a book on Habitation Haydel:
Ibrahima Seck, ‘Boule fait Gombo: A History of the Slave Community of Habitation Haydel (@WhitPlantation) Louisiana, 1750-1860’.
Learn more (Ch.2): oag.ca.gov/ab3121/reports
Ibrahima Seck, ‘Boule fait Gombo: A History of the Slave Community of Habitation Haydel (@WhitPlantation) Louisiana, 1750-1860’.
Learn more (Ch.2): oag.ca.gov/ab3121/reports
Did You Know?: “Enslavers who forced enslaved people to labor in agricultural production exploited not only their physical strength, but also their intellect, innovation, and skill.”
Growing rice and indigo for instance, required skilled labor and specialized knowledge! 🧠
Growing rice and indigo for instance, required skilled labor and specialized knowledge! 🧠
In fact, rice & indigo growing was already highly developed along the western coast of Africa, and, later the Caribbean, where people of African descent had already innovated several production techniques.
Enslavers were eager to buy enslaved people who already had these skills!
Enslavers were eager to buy enslaved people who already had these skills!
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