“Fireburn”: The Three Queens of the Virgin Islands
Three African-Caribbean women on St. Croix led an insurrection against the Danish Government in a successful demand for better wages and working conditions. This revolt...
Category : African Caribbean History
The War of General Bussa: The largest Maafa revolt in Barbados
On April 14, 1816, the largest Maafa (Atlantic slavery) revolution in the history of Barbados, broke out. Now known as Bussa’s Rebellion, the uprising lasted...
The Demerara Revolt
There were three major Maafa (Atlantic slavery) revolutions in the Caribbean during the early 19th century: Barbados (1816), Demerara (1823), and Jamaica (1831-32). The Demerara...
Quamina – Guyana National Hero: involved in the Demerara rebellion of 1823
Quamina Gladstone, most often referred to simply as Quamina, was an enslaved Guyanese, a Coromantee, who was father of Jack Gladstone. Quamina and his son...