The full history of Atlantic slavery is scarcely taught in the US or the UK, and so it’s not surprising that few people in either country know much about Tacky’s revolt. https://www.theguardian.com/news/2024/mar/26/historic-revolt-forgotten-hero-empty-plinth-jamaica-slavery-chief-tacky
@estherschindler: No slave trade other than the Atlantic is taught in the US, and it is taught in middle and high schools. It is not taught in depth as it is in college history courses, because grade-school is more an overview of history, US and otherwise, than not. In middle school in the 1980s, South Carolina kids learned of Stono Rebellion, the New York Conspiracy, and Nat Turner's Rebellion in school, and my kids, in the late '00s and early '10s learned of Stono and Turner's, in SC as well.
@estherschindler: The Wilmington Coup and Rosewood weren't taught in my school days but were in the kids'. Same for Rosewood.
Now... Texas, on the other hand... 😬 . And Alabama and Georgia. North Carolina still teaches them, about slavery and the US/colonial slave revolts. It mayn't be taught as much and as deeply, but then we have to pick what not to teach in its stead. In my day, WW2 got a LOT of class time; beating the Nazis, FDR and the New Deal, Lend-Lease, the war in the Pacific.
@estherschindler: The Arab and Inter-African slave trades get next to no play at all, and it often irritates the shit out of people when it is. Then there's Great Britain's move to active, imperialist anti-slavery and its subsequent exploits. it gets little to no play in the history of slavery.
History is complicated, but that doesn't fit neatly onto bumper stickers or headlines. That isn't even taking in account emotions and picking sides. History is deeply unfashionable for nearly everyone.
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“ The first time I heard Burning Spear, AKA Winston Rodney, ask: “Do you remember the days of slavery?”, I didn’t have a reply. I eventually answered by becoming a historian of the subject. My calling found me not in a classroom but in a concert hall.”
Really interesting, thanks for posting!
@estherschindler Black History IS American history but the white nationalists attempting to return America to the Antebellum period finds this information 'discomforting and offensive'.🤬