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Abstract of Correspondence Relative to the Recruiting of Laborers for the Construction of the Canal and the Subsequent Repatriation of These...
in Records of the Panama Canal, 1848 - 1999 (RG185). General Records, 1914 - 1934 (A1 34-B), of United States. National Archives and Records Administration. Federal Records (1933), Box 136, 2-E-1 Part 5, Recruiting of Alien Laborers for Service with Panama Canal and Other Government Agencies, Policy, Rules, Regulations, Agreements, and etc., 1914 to December 31, 1934 , 5 page(s)
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in Records of the Panama Canal, 1848 - 1999 (RG185). General Records, 1914 - 1934 (A1 34-B), of United States. National Archives and Records Administration. Federal Records (1933), Box 136, 2-E-1 Part 5, Recruiting of Alien Laborers for Service with Panama Canal and Other Government Agencies, Policy, Rules, Regulations, Agreements, and etc., 1914 to December 31, 1934 , 5 page(s)
Date Written / Recorded
1933
Field of Study
Black Studies
Content Type
Government/institutional document
Topic / Theme
Immigration and emigration, Repatriation, Labor force, Construction of the Panama Canal, 1881 to 1915, Caribbean and West Indians
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Act of March 3, 1891 to Provide for Ocean Mail Service Between U.S. & Foreign Ports and to Promote Commerce. Printed by Washington: Governme...
written by James Albert Gary, 1833-1920, in CO - Records of the Colonial Office, Commonwealth and Foreign and Commonwealth Offices, Empire Marketing Board, and related bodies. Division within CO - Correspondence with the colonies, entry books and registers of correspondence. CO 137 - Colonial Office and predecessors: Jamaica, Original Correspondence. Subseries within CO 137 - Correspondence, Original - Secretary of State, of United Kingdom. National Archives at Kew (London, England - Kew) (1897), Jamaica: Correspondence from 'Offices' (Government departments and other organisations) on matters relating to Jamaica. Itemised and includes correspondence from the Foreign Office re: labourers for Panama Canal (CO/137/596) , 19 page(s)
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written by James Albert Gary, 1833-1920, in CO - Records of the Colonial Office, Commonwealth and Foreign and Commonwealth Offices, Empire Marketing Board, and related bodies. Division within CO - Correspondence with the colonies, entry books and registers of correspondence. CO 137 - Colonial Office and predecessors: Jamaica, Original Correspondence. Subseries within CO 137 - Correspondence, Original - Secretary of State, of United Kingdom. National Archives at Kew (London, England - Kew) (1897), Jamaica: Correspondence from 'Offices' (Government departments and other organisations) on matters relating to Jamaica. Itemised and includes correspondence from the Foreign Office re: labourers for Panama Canal (CO/137/596) , 19 page(s)
Date Written / Recorded
1897
Field of Study
Black Studies
Content Type
Law/Legislation
Author / Creator
James Albert Gary, 1833-1920
Topic / Theme
Americans
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Activities of Council of Afro West Indian Affairs (C.A.W.I.A.), October 15, 1960
written by Jamaica Constabulary Force, in FCO - Records of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office and predecessors. Division within FCO - Records of the Administrative Divisions. FCO 141 - Foreign and Commonwealth Office and predecessors: Records of Former Colonial Administrations: Migrated Archives. Subseries within FCO 141 - JAMAICA, of United Kingdom. National Archives at Kew (London, England - Kew) (1960), Jamaica: West Indian immigration to the UK; policy (FCO/141/5208) , 3 page(s)
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written by Jamaica Constabulary Force, in FCO - Records of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office and predecessors. Division within FCO - Records of the Administrative Divisions. FCO 141 - Foreign and Commonwealth Office and predecessors: Records of Former Colonial Administrations: Migrated Archives. Subseries within FCO 141 - JAMAICA, of United Kingdom. National Archives at Kew (London, England - Kew) (1960), Jamaica: West Indian immigration to the UK; policy (FCO/141/5208) , 3 page(s)
Date Written / Recorded
1960
Field of Study
Black Studies
Content Type
Government/institutional document
Author / Creator
Jamaica Constabulary Force
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Africa, Episode 1, Different But Equal
directed by Christopher Ralling, 1930-; presented by Basil Davidson, 1913-2010; produced by John Percival, 1937-2005, Mitchell Beazley Television, Monarda Arts and Channel Four Television, in Africa, Episode 1 (ArtHaus Musik, 1984), 53 mins
This major eight-part series reveals the rich and diverse drama of African history and is presented by the distinguished historian and scholar Basil Davidson. Covering a vast time scale - from the origins of some of the world‘s greatest civilisations, to colonisation, the rise of nationalism and the emergence of...
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directed by Christopher Ralling, 1930-; presented by Basil Davidson, 1913-2010; produced by John Percival, 1937-2005, Mitchell Beazley Television, Monarda Arts and Channel Four Television, in Africa, Episode 1 (ArtHaus Musik, 1984), 53 mins
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This major eight-part series reveals the rich and diverse drama of African history and is presented by the distinguished historian and scholar Basil Davidson. Covering a vast time scale - from the origins of some of the world‘s greatest civilisations, to colonisation, the rise of nationalism and the emergence of modern Africa - the story is unfolded on location all over the continent with the help of archive film, carefully illustrated eye-witn...
This major eight-part series reveals the rich and diverse drama of African history and is presented by the distinguished historian and scholar Basil Davidson. Covering a vast time scale - from the origins of some of the world‘s greatest civilisations, to colonisation, the rise of nationalism and the emergence of modern Africa - the story is unfolded on location all over the continent with the help of archive film, carefully illustrated eye-witness accounts, interviews with statesmen and leaders, dramatic reconstructions and specially-shot film of festivals, ceremonies and life there today.
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World History
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
John Percival, 1937-2005, Mitchell Beazley Television, Monarda Arts, Channel Four Television, Basil Davidson, 1913-2010
Author / Creator
Christopher Ralling, 1930-, Basil Davidson, 1913-2010
Date Published / Released
1984
Publisher
ArtHaus Musik
Series
Africa
Speaker / Narrator
Basil Davidson, 1913-2010
Topic / Theme
History, Christianity, African diaspora, Archaeological artifacts, Ancient civilizations, Africans, Nubian
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Copyright © 1984 Arthaus Musik
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Africa, Episode 4, The Kings And The City
directed by John Percival, 1937-2005; produced by John Percival, 1937-2005, Mitchell Beazley Television, Channel Four Television and Monarda Arts, in Africa, Episode 4 (ArtHaus Musik, 1984), 52 mins
This major eight-part series reveals the rich and diverse drama of African history and is presented by the distinguished historian and scholar Basil Davidson. Covering a vast time scale - from the origins of some of the world‘s greatest civilisations, to colonisation, the rise of nationalism and the emergence of...
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directed by John Percival, 1937-2005; produced by John Percival, 1937-2005, Mitchell Beazley Television, Channel Four Television and Monarda Arts, in Africa, Episode 4 (ArtHaus Musik, 1984), 52 mins
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This major eight-part series reveals the rich and diverse drama of African history and is presented by the distinguished historian and scholar Basil Davidson. Covering a vast time scale - from the origins of some of the world‘s greatest civilisations, to colonisation, the rise of nationalism and the emergence of modern Africa - the story is unfolded on location all over the continent with the help of archive film, carefully illustrated eye-witn...
This major eight-part series reveals the rich and diverse drama of African history and is presented by the distinguished historian and scholar Basil Davidson. Covering a vast time scale - from the origins of some of the world‘s greatest civilisations, to colonisation, the rise of nationalism and the emergence of modern Africa - the story is unfolded on location all over the continent with the help of archive film, carefully illustrated eye-witness accounts, interviews with statesmen and leaders, dramatic reconstructions and specially-shot film of festivals, ceremonies and life there today.
This episode talks about the history of Kano, a city in Nigeria and the ancient city called Benin.
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World History
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
John Percival, 1937-2005, Mitchell Beazley Television, Channel Four Television, Monarda Arts, Basil Davidson, 1913-2010
Author / Creator
John Percival, 1937-2005
Date Published / Released
1984
Publisher
ArtHaus Musik
Series
Africa
Speaker / Narrator
Basil Davidson, 1913-2010
Topic / Theme
Islam, History, Civilization, Cities, Royal courts, Politics, Religious beliefs, Africans, Hausa, Yoruba
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Copyright © 1984 Arthaus Musik
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African Diaspora and the Metropolis: Reading the African, African American and Caribbean Experience
edited by Fassil Demissie, fl. 1994 (London, England: Routledge (Publisher), 2010, originally published 2010), 127 page(s)
At the end of the 19th and at the beginning of the 20th century, a number of African American and Caribbean intellectuals and immigrants of the African Diaspora with all their apprehensions set out in steamships en route and carried with them a certain presence to the metropoleis of Europe and North America. These...
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edited by Fassil Demissie, fl. 1994 (London, England: Routledge (Publisher), 2010, originally published 2010), 127 page(s)
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At the end of the 19th and at the beginning of the 20th century, a number of African American and Caribbean intellectuals and immigrants of the African Diaspora with all their apprehensions set out in steamships en route and carried with them a certain presence to the metropoleis of Europe and North America. These individuals traversed the 'middle passage' in the opposite direction from the forced journey undertaken by their enslaved ancestors. L...
At the end of the 19th and at the beginning of the 20th century, a number of African American and Caribbean intellectuals and immigrants of the African Diaspora with all their apprehensions set out in steamships en route and carried with them a certain presence to the metropoleis of Europe and North America. These individuals traversed the 'middle passage' in the opposite direction from the forced journey undertaken by their enslaved ancestors. Later they began to arrive in large numbers as free men and women in London, Paris, Berlin, Madrid, Brussels, Lisbon, New York, and other places in the metropolis by steam ships and later by planes, and were actors in the larger history of empire from which the imperatives of forced migration, uprooting, displacement, and exile had arisen. The texts selected offer critical examination of a broad range of African Diaspora experiences in the metropole drawn from Senegal, the Caribbean, United States, Britain, Nigeria and France. Bringing together comparative and diasporic perspectives, the book explores the complex roles that race, gender, sexuality and history have played in the formation of African Diaspora identities in the metropole since the 19th century. This book was published as a special issue of African and Black Diaspora: An International Journal.
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Black Studies
Content Type
General reference book
Contributor
Fassil Demissie, fl. 1994
Date Published / Released
2010
Publisher
Routledge (Publisher)
Topic / Theme
Immigration and emigration, African Americans, Caribbean and West Indians, 20th Century in World History (1914--2000), Industrialization and Western Global Hegemony (1750–1914)
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Copyright © 2010 Taylor & Francis
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Field of Study:
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African Diaspora in Brazil: History, Culture and Politics
edited by Fassil Demissie, fl. 1994 (New York, NY: Routledge (Publisher), 2014, originally published 2014), 193 page(s)
The term 'Black Atlantic' was coined to describe the social, cultural and political space that emerged out of the experience of slavery, exile, oppression, exploitation and resistance. This volume seeks to recast a new map of the 'Black Atlantic' beyond the Anglophone Atlantic zone by focusing on Brazil as a socia...
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edited by Fassil Demissie, fl. 1994 (New York, NY: Routledge (Publisher), 2014, originally published 2014), 193 page(s)
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The term 'Black Atlantic' was coined to describe the social, cultural and political space that emerged out of the experience of slavery, exile, oppression, exploitation and resistance. This volume seeks to recast a new map of the 'Black Atlantic' beyond the Anglophone Atlantic zone by focusing on Brazil as a social and cultural space born out of the Atlantic slave trade.
The contributors draw from the recently reinvigorated scholarly debates whic...
The term 'Black Atlantic' was coined to describe the social, cultural and political space that emerged out of the experience of slavery, exile, oppression, exploitation and resistance. This volume seeks to recast a new map of the 'Black Atlantic' beyond the Anglophone Atlantic zone by focusing on Brazil as a social and cultural space born out of the Atlantic slave trade.
The contributors draw from the recently reinvigorated scholarly debates which have shifted inquiry from the explicit study of cultural 'survival' and 'acculturation' towards an emphasis on placing Africans and their descendants at the center of their own histories. Going beyond the notion of cultural 'survival' or 'creolization', the contributors explore different sites of power and resistance, gendered cartographies, memory, and the various social and cultural networks and institutions that Africans and their descendants created and developed in Brazil. This book illuminates the linkages, networks, disjunctions, sense of collective consciousness, memory and cultural imagination among the African-descended populations in Brazil.
This book was originally published as a special issue of African and Black Diaspora: An International Journal.
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Black Studies
Content Type
General reference book
Contributor
Fassil Demissie, fl. 1994
Date Published / Released
2014
Publisher
Routledge (Publisher)
Topic / Theme
Race and culture, Politics, History, Brazilians, 21st Century in World History (2001– ), 20th Century in World History (1914--2000), Industrialization and Western Global Hegemony (1750–1914), Early Modern Period (1450–1750)
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Africans In America, Season 1, Episode 1, Interview with Charles Joyner, Professor of Southern History and Culture, Coastal Carolina Univers...
directed by Susan Bellows, fl. 1989; produced by Susan Bellows, fl. 1989 and Orlando Bagwell, 1951-, WGBH Boston, in Africans In America, Season 1, Episode 1 (Boston, MA: WGBH Educational Foundation), 1 hour 1 mins
Charles Joyner is interviewed about the origins of the South Carolina colony, the origins of rice culture, preparing the land for rice cultivation, the need for highly-skilled African slaves on rice plantations, diversity of Africans in South Carolina, the Middle Passage, fear of malaria and plagues, the task syst...
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directed by Susan Bellows, fl. 1989; produced by Susan Bellows, fl. 1989 and Orlando Bagwell, 1951-, WGBH Boston, in Africans In America, Season 1, Episode 1 (Boston, MA: WGBH Educational Foundation), 1 hour 1 mins
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Charles Joyner is interviewed about the origins of the South Carolina colony, the origins of rice culture, preparing the land for rice cultivation, the need for highly-skilled African slaves on rice plantations, diversity of Africans in South Carolina, the Middle Passage, fear of malaria and plagues, the task system in South Carolina, siege mentality and the Stono Rebellion, how a white minority controls a black majority, paradox of slavery and f...
Charles Joyner is interviewed about the origins of the South Carolina colony, the origins of rice culture, preparing the land for rice cultivation, the need for highly-skilled African slaves on rice plantations, diversity of Africans in South Carolina, the Middle Passage, fear of malaria and plagues, the task system in South Carolina, siege mentality and the Stono Rebellion, how a white minority controls a black majority, paradox of slavery and freedom in the Constitution and Declaration of Independence.
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Field of Study
American History
Content Type
Interview
Contributor
Susan Bellows, fl. 1989, Orlando Bagwell, 1951-, WGBH Boston
Author / Creator
Susan Bellows, fl. 1989
Date Published / Released
1998
Publisher
WGBH Educational Foundation
Series
Africans In America
Person Discussed
Charles W. Joyner, 1935-2016
Topic / Theme
Epidemics, Cultural life, Rice, Rebellions, Plantations, Slavery, Division of labor, Stono Rebellion, 1739, War and Violence, Imperialism and Colonialism, Colonial Era (1650–1765), Africans, Barbadians, Americans
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Africa's Great Civilizations, Episode 2, The Cross and the Crescent
directed by Virginia Quinn, fl. 2003; presented by Henry Louis Gates, Jr., 1950-; produced by Virginia Quinn, fl. 2003, McGee Media, Inkwell Films and Kunhardt Films, in Africa's Great Civilizations, Episode 2 (Arlington, VA: Public Broadcasting Service, 2017), 53 mins
In his six-hour series, Africa's Great Civilizations, Henry Louis Gates, Jr. takes a new look at the history of Africa, from the birth of humankind to the dawn of the 20th century. This is a breathtaking and personal journey through two hundred thousand years of history, from the origins, on the African continent,...
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directed by Virginia Quinn, fl. 2003; presented by Henry Louis Gates, Jr., 1950-; produced by Virginia Quinn, fl. 2003, McGee Media, Inkwell Films and Kunhardt Films, in Africa's Great Civilizations, Episode 2 (Arlington, VA: Public Broadcasting Service, 2017), 53 mins
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In his six-hour series, Africa's Great Civilizations, Henry Louis Gates, Jr. takes a new look at the history of Africa, from the birth of humankind to the dawn of the 20th century. This is a breathtaking and personal journey through two hundred thousand years of history, from the origins, on the African continent, of art, writing, and civilization itself, through the millennia in which Africa and Africans shaped not only their own rich civilizati...
In his six-hour series, Africa's Great Civilizations, Henry Louis Gates, Jr. takes a new look at the history of Africa, from the birth of humankind to the dawn of the 20th century. This is a breathtaking and personal journey through two hundred thousand years of history, from the origins, on the African continent, of art, writing, and civilization itself, through the millennia in which Africa and Africans shaped not only their own rich civilizations, but also the wider world. Professor Gates travels the length and breadth of Africa to chronicle the continent's history from a firmly African perspective. His journey takes him from the city of Great Zimbabwe, to the pyramids of Meroe, and the spectacular rock-hewn churches of Lalibela in Ethiopia. The epic story that he tells is full of surprises and unexpected connections, helping us to appreciate the collective and individual genius of Africans who, across thousands of years, built civilizations and empires, fought wars, established great cities, furthered and spread learning, and created some of the most sublime art and architecture in human history.
In this episode, Professor Henry Louis Gates, Jr. charts the ancient rise of Christianity & Islam, whose economic & cultural influence stretched from Egypt to Ethiopia. Learn of African religious figures like King Lalibela, an Ethiopian saint, and Menelik, bringer of the Ark of the Covenant.
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Black Studies
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Virginia Quinn, fl. 2003, McGee Media, Inkwell Films, Kunhardt Films
Author / Creator
Virginia Quinn, fl. 2003, Henry Louis Gates, Jr., 1950-
Date Published / Released
2017
Publisher
Public Broadcasting Service
Series
Africa's Great Civilizations
Person Discussed
Queen of Sheba (Biblical figure)
Topic / Theme
Ancient civilizations, Empire, Islam, Christianity, Arabs, Africans
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Africa's Great Civilizations, Episode 5, The Atlantic Age
directed by Karen McGann, 1975-; presented by Henry Louis Gates, Jr., 1950-; produced by Karen McGann, 1975-, McGee Media, Inkwell Films and Kunhardt Films, in Africa's Great Civilizations, Episode 5 (Arlington, VA: Public Broadcasting Service, 2017), 53 mins
In his six-hour series, Africa's Great Civilizations, Henry Louis Gates, Jr. takes a new look at the history of Africa, from the birth of humankind to the dawn of the 20th century. This is a breathtaking and personal journey through two hundred thousand years of history, from the origins, on the African continent,...
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directed by Karen McGann, 1975-; presented by Henry Louis Gates, Jr., 1950-; produced by Karen McGann, 1975-, McGee Media, Inkwell Films and Kunhardt Films, in Africa's Great Civilizations, Episode 5 (Arlington, VA: Public Broadcasting Service, 2017), 53 mins
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In his six-hour series, Africa's Great Civilizations, Henry Louis Gates, Jr. takes a new look at the history of Africa, from the birth of humankind to the dawn of the 20th century. This is a breathtaking and personal journey through two hundred thousand years of history, from the origins, on the African continent, of art, writing, and civilization itself, through the millennia in which Africa and Africans shaped not only their own rich civilizati...
In his six-hour series, Africa's Great Civilizations, Henry Louis Gates, Jr. takes a new look at the history of Africa, from the birth of humankind to the dawn of the 20th century. This is a breathtaking and personal journey through two hundred thousand years of history, from the origins, on the African continent, of art, writing, and civilization itself, through the millennia in which Africa and Africans shaped not only their own rich civilizations, but also the wider world. Professor Gates travels the length and breadth of Africa to chronicle the continent's history from a firmly African perspective. His journey takes him from the city of Great Zimbabwe, to the pyramids of Meroe, and the spectacular rock-hewn churches of Lalibela in Ethiopia. The epic story that he tells is full of surprises and unexpected connections, helping us to appreciate the collective and individual genius of Africans who, across thousands of years, built civilizations and empires, fought wars, established great cities, furthered and spread learning, and created some of the most sublime art and architecture in human history.
In this episode, Henry Louis Gates, Jr. explores the impact of the Atlantic trading world, giving rise to powerful new kingdoms, but also transatlantic slave trade. Learn of the revolutionary movements of the 18th & early 19th centuries, including the advent of the Sokoto Caliphate.
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Field of Study
Black Studies
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Karen McGann, 1975-, McGee Media, Inkwell Films, Kunhardt Films
Author / Creator
Karen McGann, 1975-, Henry Louis Gates, Jr., 1950-
Date Published / Released
2017
Publisher
Public Broadcasting Service
Series
Africa's Great Civilizations
Person Discussed
Nzinga of Ndongo and Matamba, 1583-1663
Topic / Theme
Revolutionaries, Slave trade, Christianity, Trade and commerce, Portuguese, Africans
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