Women pioneers of reparations

Previously I posted about Henrietta Wood. Here are other early women pioneers for reparations.

Belinda (Royal) Sutton was born in 1712 in Ghana. She was abandoned by her enslaver, who had offered emancipation upon his death or her transfer to his daughter. If she chose freedom he provided 30 pounds for three years so she wouldn’t be a public charge. In 1783, at 63 years old, Sutton filed a petition to the Massachusetts General Court requesting a pension from the estate of her former enslaver.

Black woman won largest reparations award at time from U.S. courts in 1878

In 1878, Henrietta Wood, a formerly “illegally” enslaved Black woman, was awarded $2,500 in reparations by an all-white jury — the most significant sum of its kind that a U.S. court had granted.

Bryan Stevenson discusses his new endeavor Freedom Monument Sculpture Park

Equal Justice Initiative founder and CEO Bryan Stevenson speaks with NBC News’ Lester Holt about the new sculpture park in Montgomery, Alabama. A new monument honors the lives of 10 million Black people who were enslaved in America.

Freedom Monument Sculpture Park honors lives of enslaved people

For civil rights attorney and renowned social justice activist Bryan Stevenson, it’s not enough to know the history of slavery and the centuries-old struggles of Black people in America. He wants people to see it. Feel it. Touch it.

A new park in Montgomery, Alabama, was conceived to do just that, as visitors of the breathtaking Freedom Monument Sculpture Park will be treated to “an immersive experience” along 17 acres above the Alabama River, which was a primary route to transport enslaved Africans during the slave trade.

Artifacts found near Harriet Tubman Birthplace

Attawell Summer CreativeFebruary 15, 2023Harriet Tubman, Baltimore history, Baltimore, Baltimore Maryland, Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge, archaeology, slavery, New England, slaves, enslaved people, artifacts, Dorchester County history, Thompson Farm, Ben Ross, Black history, American history

Queen Nanny of the Maroons

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Elizabeth Freeman, First Black Woman Released from Slavery in Massachusetts

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The House That Unlocked a Family's History

Attawell Summer CreativeMay 16, 2022Virginia, Sharswood Plantation, Sharswood, slavery, genealogy, American History, Black history, history, old house, historic architecture, Gothic Revival, 60 Minutes

Emancipation National Historic Trail Feasibility Study

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The Lost Graves of Louisiana's Enslaved People

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The History Behind the Color Haint Blue

Haint blue is a collection of pale shades of blue-green that are traditionally used to paint porch ceilings in the southern United States that originated from the Gullah Geechee people.

Henry "Box" Brown

Henry “Box” Brown (c. 1815 – June 15, 1897) was a 19th-century Virginia slave who escaped to freedom at the age of 33 by arranging to have himself mailed in a wooden crate in 1849 to abolitionists in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.