The Krios dot Com Show: E01: Watin na dis tin
Educating Black Boys – 19th Century, Present and Future [Past]
As part of Southwark Council’s official Black History Month 2017 Programme, The Krios Dot Com invite you to celebrate through presentations, discussion, literature, exhibition and a fun quiz the unique history of educating Black boys starting from the Clapham Sect’s African Academy for Sierra Leonean boys in 1799 to present and future education model.
Date: Friday 27th October 2017
Time: 6.30 PM – 10.30 PM
Place: The Crypt – St Peters Church,
Liverpool Grove, London SE17 2HH
Please Register Free at:
www.educatingblackboys19thcentury.eventbrite.co.uk
For more info: info@thekrios.com
It’s All About the Rice – The Sierra Leone/South Carolina Connection
A Visit to South Carolina
By
Melbourne Garber
Since I met Joseph Opala and Amadu Massaly in 2006, when I was first really introduced to Bunce Island in Sierra Leone, efforts to preserve and stabilize its Slave Castle has become one of my passions. As I learned more about its history during the slave trade, I also got to learn about the connection between Sierra Leone and the Low Country of the United States, centered in South Carolina and Georgia.
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THE ‘BLACK POOR’ OF LONDON
The ‘Black Poor’ was the name given in the late 18th century to poor residents of London who were of Black ancestry. The Black Poor had diverse origins. Historians estimate that the black population of London was between 5,000 and 10,000 in the late eighteenth century. While Great Britain was reaping profits from its involvement in the slave trade, a black community grew in London during this time. Concerns were raised about black people living in London as early as 1596, when Queen Elizabeth I complained about ‘Blackamoores’ cluttering up the streets of the kingdom, and issued a Royal Proclamation ordering the removal of “those kind of people”. There is no evidence that the Queen’s orders were carried out and the black community continued to flourish around Mile End and Paddington.