tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57113078446695664.post8749732368702692880..comments2024-03-22T20:34:13.792-05:00Comments on Indomitable | The online home of Chauncey DeVega: Independence Day Heroes: On Black Loyalists and Freedom Fighters Like Colonel TyeLady Zora, Chauncey DeVega, and Gordon Gartrellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09138154899923808806noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57113078446695664.post-66380774649723012092011-07-12T16:16:51.217-05:002011-07-12T16:16:51.217-05:00A very informative post. I agree with you Colonel ...A very informative post. I agree with you Colonel Tye was no joke. Another Black Loyalist that has slipped between the cracks is Thomas Peters who fought for the British during the American revolutionary war and became a sergeant in the British regiment called the Black Pioneers. He later became the leader of the Black Loyalists who founded Freetown in 1792, the capital of Sierra Leone. Their story is fascinating and my mission as a Sierra Leonean is to get the word out, especially to African Americans. A British historian, Simon Schama, said in his book on the Black Loyalists called "Rough Crossings", that Thomas Peters is not in the pantheon of great African American heroes like Frederick Douglas because he fought on the "wrong side" during the revolutionary war. I'd love to know what people think about this? Why has his story slipped between the cracks? The Black Loyalists hardly feature in African American history. I'm a singer/songwriter from Sierra Leone with a song called The black Loyalists. Check out my blog at <br /> <br />www.shabakasounds.blogspot.com <br /> <br />I talk a little bit more about Thomas Peters and the founding of Freetown. My blog will make you think and dance at the same time. <br />Sincerely,<br />Freddy ShabakaShabaka Soundshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11214608818460932296noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57113078446695664.post-10495096936481357372011-07-06T04:19:10.231-05:002011-07-06T04:19:10.231-05:00CF
What do you teach your children about me?
What...CF<br /><br />What do you teach your children about me?<br />What do you teach your little children about me?<br />Pimp, thug, bling, drug, lord of the under-grounded kings<br />How can you be so sure I won't call down the rain?<br />What do you teach your little children about me?<br />To point your gun way high and rob I sing and pray!dogscantlookuphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15545179578189075053noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57113078446695664.post-56022724819750098892011-07-04T18:05:37.629-05:002011-07-04T18:05:37.629-05:00[quote]Moreover, what of inconvenient facts? For e...[quote]Moreover, what of inconvenient facts? For example, more blacks fought for the British than the Continentals. [/quote]<br /><br />Greetings Brother DeVega:<br /><br />Question for you.<br />In the debate between which side the Blacks of the day chose to fight on...................why did you not consider that - REGARDLESS the side and the VICTOR...........the Native American land was stolen?<br /><br />Is it your intention to remind us of the land theft that is America - when your goal is to make an indictment - rather than praise a Black who assisted in the jacking?Constructive Feedbackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13417405356099504421noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57113078446695664.post-69120026856967244862011-07-04T13:08:51.614-05:002011-07-04T13:08:51.614-05:00Chauncey...Given the first two comments from Sherr...Chauncey...Given the first two comments from Sherry and Jon - I'd say the whole "blessing" thing's a lock! I join the chorus of "thank yous" here, as I always leave this site knowing something I hadn't before!<br /><br /><b>"What we were able to learn in long ago 1969 was that Black people had history, that Black people had excelled in any number of fields, that Black people had actively resisted slavery from the moment of their arrival on this continent and that racism is a system and not an attitude."</b><br /><br />Jon...I'd venture a guess that, had we ALL been able to learn early on, those lessons you mentioned - our presents and futures in these (alledgedly) United States would have been decidedly different.<br /><br />I know, having been "educated" by Black nuns from K thru 7 in SC (yes, the Catholic schools were also segregated), we literally got nothing <i>but</i> the "sacred mythologies" to which Chauncey referred - par for the Church's course.<br /><br />It was not until divorce (or Divine Providence, depending how you look at it) - transferred us into the loving arms of Black teachers at our predominantly-Black neighborhood school, did we learn about our history, our excellence, our resistance and yes, about the methodology of a "system" under which our sheer <i>BEING</i> had always been (and continues to be) manipulated. Some 40 years hence, though I continue to learn - I remain forever grateful for that transfer!<br /><br />No pressure Chauncey - just keep doing what you do so that those who come after, will have a treasure trove of weapons in their arsenals! Thanx again...DebChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02018798227792356966noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57113078446695664.post-37784019396102360362011-07-04T11:54:13.778-05:002011-07-04T11:54:13.778-05:00You need your own SuperPac Mr. DV. Teach them!You need your own SuperPac Mr. DV. Teach them!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57113078446695664.post-30809045004340858042011-07-03T15:08:08.796-05:002011-07-03T15:08:08.796-05:00Super lesson on Black History....Thanks CD!!!!Super lesson on Black History....Thanks CD!!!!Plane Ideas https://www.blogger.com/profile/13838821721942426785noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57113078446695664.post-13280860937173130522011-07-03T13:11:27.383-05:002011-07-03T13:11:27.383-05:00thanks for asking Chauncey. I've been great. I...thanks for asking Chauncey. I've been great. I've turned a couple of friends into regular readers here. I've really enjoyed your recent posts. I reposted this on facebook and ended up with a discussion of the teacher who started a "Negro History" class at my high school in New Jersey. What we were able to learn in long ago 1969 was that Black people had history, that Black people had excelled in any number of fields, that Black people had actively resisted slavery from the moment of their arrival on this continent and that racism is a system and not an attitude. Man, I wish I could go back and thank that teacher.Your driverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06406948739451124566noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57113078446695664.post-3672471895583649712011-07-03T12:52:44.676-05:002011-07-03T12:52:44.676-05:00@Sherry. How kind. True? Voice? Blessing? Now you ...@Sherry. How kind. True? Voice? Blessing? Now you putting pressure on folks!<br /><br />@Jon. How have you been? I am from the same region--broadly--and just heard about this brother a few years ago. There is so much hidden history we are collectively not privy to. That is one of the reasons I get so upset with historical myth makers on the Right, and to a lesser degree the Left, because the truth is more interesting than the lie.chaunceydevegahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09652406326490873337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57113078446695664.post-77317008081553627982011-07-03T11:37:27.823-05:002011-07-03T11:37:27.823-05:00Wow, this is right where i spent my childhood in N...Wow, this is right where i spent my childhood in New Jersey. I never ever heard any of this. Thank you so much!Your driverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06406948739451124566noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57113078446695664.post-72649923728966000132011-07-03T11:27:24.633-05:002011-07-03T11:27:24.633-05:00Thanks Chauncey for again teaching me the history ...Thanks Chauncey for again teaching me the history I should have learned but didn't. Your blog is a true blessing to all of us who are enriched by an authentic voice from the black experience.Sherry Peytonhttp://afeatheradrift.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.com