In August of 1831, Nathaniel Turner who was born the slave of a farmer named Benjamin Turner in Southampton County, Virginia on October 2, 1800, believing that he had been ordained by God to free Afrikan Americans from bondage, led the most bloodiest slave rebellion in U.S History before militiamen stopped him and his followers. Although… Read more

Every year in Barbados, Emancipation Day is celebrated on the 1st of August in recognition of the official date of the abolishment of slavery on the island. The Emancipation Statue pictured below is a public sculpture of a slave rebellion leader in Barbados East of Bridgetown. This statue is located at the center of the J.T.C Ramsay… Read more