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The name cornrows refers to the layout of crops in corn and sugar cane fields in the Americas and Caribbean, [1] [6] where enslaved Africans were displaced during the Atlantic slave trade. [7] According to Black folklore, cornrows were often used to communicate on the Underground Railroad and by Benkos Biohó during his time as a slave in ...
Fats, oils and eggs were used as conditioner. [ 28 ] [ 30 ] Enslaved people in North America named cornrows for their resemblance to rows of corn in a field. [ 31 ] ( In Central and South America and the Caribbean, enslaved people called the style "canerows" because of its resemblance to sugarcane fields. [ 31 ] )
[7] [8] In Africa, braid styles and patterns have been used to distinguish tribal membership, marital status, age, wealth, religion and social ranking. [citation needed] In some countries of Africa, the braids were used for communication. [citation needed] In some Caribbean islands, braid patterns were used to map routes to escape slavery.
There is evidence, however, that the Underground Railroad conductor Harriet Tubman used at least two songs. Sarah Bradford's biography of Tubman, Scenes in the Life of Harriet Tubman, published in 1869, quotes Tubman as saying that she used "Go Down Moses" as one of two code songs to communicate with fugitive enslaved people escaping from Maryland.
Conquest of America is a 4-part television documentary miniseries produced by History Channel and premiered on March 28, 2005. The show documents the adventures of various European explorers who were key figures in the colonization of the Americas.
Lost Worlds is a documentary television series by the History Channel that explores a variety of "lost" locations from ancient to modern times. These "great feats of engineering, technology, and culture" [1] are revealed through the use of archaeological evidence, interviews with relevant experts while examining the sites, and CGI reproductions. [2]
This system was used in the 2014 presentation to the U.S. Army and is now part of the Cornrows & Company collection in the National Museum of African-American History and Culture (NMAAHC). Ferrell stated she created the system as a method to explain the different textures in human hair.
The Conquerors is history documentary television series that looks at famous leaders, such as Cortés, Andrew Jackson and others, and shows how they rose to prominence and vanquished enemies on the field.