chakita1
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rp @leesareneehall: Labour Day WAS NOT created to celebrate the labour of those of African descent.
No one protected their labour.
Instead, their labour was exploited.
Extracted.
Stolen.
Plundered.
And the fruits of their exploited labour made others wealthy.
When enslaved Africans were freed from bondage at varying points throughout the Americas in the mid- to late-1800s, no one stood up for Black labourers as they sought employment.
Instead, their demands for any paying job were met with violence.
This was the case in Jamaica in 1865.
While enslaved Africans were emancipated in the United States in that same year, Afro-Jamaicans had been freed from slavery for 27-years by that point.
Many were without jobs.
So, a group of freedmen and freedwomen, with their children, marched to the governor’s residence in Morant Bay, demanding to hold audience with him to inquire about the jobs.
The governor’s response?
He ordered the British militia to quell the “rebellion” using any means, resulting in the deaths of over 400 men, women, and children. The Morant Bay Rebellion, as it's now known, is an example of Black labour NOT being celebrated.
It wasn’t until vvhite labour was exploited and extracted during the Industrial Revolution in the 1880s that laws were enacted and unions were created to protect their labour.
On this Labour Day, I ask, “When will Black labour be protected in a system that seeks to undermine it?” - #diversityandinclusion #nashvilleteacher #antiracism #highereducation #blackhistory #ally #teachershare #blackintheivory #whitefragility #changingthenarrative #ushistory #socialstudies #historyteacher #teacherproblems
Need Approval
rp @leesareneehall: Labour Day WAS NOT created to celebrate the labour of those of African descent.
No one protected their labour.
Instead, their labour was exploited.
Extracted.
Stolen.
Plundered.
And the fruits of their exploited labour made others wealthy.
When enslaved Africans were freed from bondage at varying points throughout the Americas in the mid- to late-1800s, no one stood up for Black labourers as they sought employment.
Instead, their demands for any paying job were met with violence.
This was the case in Jamaica in 1865.
While enslaved Africans were emancipated in the United States in that same year, Afro-Jamaicans had been freed from slavery for 27-years by that point.
Many were without jobs.
So, a group of freedmen and freedwomen, with their children, marched to the governor’s residence in Morant Bay, demanding to hold audience with him to inquire about the jobs.
The governor’s response?
He ordered the British militia to quell the “rebellion” using any means, resulting in the deaths of over 400 men, women, and children. The Morant Bay Rebellion, as it's now known, is an example of Black labour NOT being celebrated.
It wasn’t until vvhite labour was exploited and extracted during the Industrial Revolution in the 1880s that laws were enacted and unions were created to protect their labour.
On this Labour Day, I ask, “When will Black labour be protected in a system that seeks to undermine it?” - #diversityandinclusion #nashvilleteacher #antiracism #highereducation #blackhistory #ally #teachershare #blackintheivory #whitefragility #changingthenarrative #ushistory #socialstudies #historyteacher #teacherproblems