FREEDOM FIGHTERS: The Emancipation Statue symbolising the breaking of the chains of slavery at the moment of emancipation in Bridgetown, Barbados. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images) CARIBBEAN ...

For the first time in more than 200 years, several descendants of those escaped slaves, also known as “maroons,” returned to Prospect Bluff where their ancestors found freedom.

In the book, Jacob reflects on the inspiration she drew from local, Caribbean, and international leaders, as well as the moral guidance of renowned global freedom fighters.These influences shaped ...

Freedom fighter Denmark Vesey is being honored in the same city where he was executed Denmark Vesey was a freeman who organized a slave rebellion that was thwarted when news of it was leaked. He ...

History mostly remembers the exploits of male freedom fighters of the Haitian Revolution. Figures such as its leader, ... Cambridge and the Caribbean in the Age of Abolition in 2025.

Twenty-six years ago, as warm Caribbean winds swept across the communist island of Cuba, a young counterintelligence officer made the brave decision to risk his life for the freedom of his people ...

The annual festival commemorates the enslaved Africans known as the freedom fighters who lost their lives after their planned Saint Patrick’s day rebellion set for March 17th, 1768, was discovered.

The majority of those polled were unable to correctly answer questions on this topic. However, support for both a formal apology and financial reparations to Caribbean nations has increased over ...