The Black Researcher

 The Fraud God James Anthony Froude 1860 Photographers: John & Charles Watkins (Source: UK National Portrait Gallery ) I am currently reading the book Froudacity: West Indian Fables by J. A. Froude Explained by J. J. Thomas - a book written and published by Trinidadian author John Jacob Thomas in 1889. Front cover of Froudacity  (1889) by J. J. Thomas (Source: British Library ) Thomas wrote the book as a response to James Anthony Froude's book The English in the West Indies, or The Bow of Ulysses , published the previous year. That book by Froude, an unapologetic racist and White supremacist, was full of lies about Blacks he observed while they were under British colonial rule in the Caribbean islands, especially in Trinidad. Front cover of The English in the West Indies (1888) by J. A. Froude (Credit: Nicholas Laughlin on Flickr ) Penelope Weeping Over the Bow of Ulysses 1779 Creator: Angelica Kauffmann (Source: The William Benton Museum of Art ) Froude title...

The Other Black Revolutions Desenkadená ("Unchained") Emancipation Monument January 30, 2020 Creator: Nel Simon Freedom Fighting Park, Willemstad, Curaçao Photo by Wikipedia User Kattiel The Haitian Revolution is known for its great success at establishing a civil and independent society of individuals with the potential to determine their own destiny. It was a revolution against all odds. What started as a small camp of rebels became something beyond the wildest imaginations. Not only did the people of Haiti manage to exceed their own expectations, but they also disproved popular prejudices of that period regarding the capabilities of African people. Still, questions remain.  Was the Haitian Revolution an anomaly?  Were there other revolutions like it?