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The American Descendants of Slavery movement was founded by Yvette Carnell and Antonio Moore, [1] who co-host online ADOS radio shows. [3] Carnell has been an aide for two Democratic politicians, Senator Barbara Boxer and Congressman Robert Marion Berry. [3] Moore is a defense attorney in Los Angeles. [3]
“Florida students deserve to learn how slaves took advantage of whatever circumstances they were in to benefit themselves and the community of African descendants,” they added.
The stated mission of the National Coalition of Blacks for Reparations in America is: ...to win full Reparations for Black African Descendants residing in the United States and its territories for the genocidal war against Africans that created the TransAtlantic Slave "Trade" Chattel Slavery, Jim Crow and Chattel Slavery’s continuing vestiges (the Maafa).
As of the 2010 U.S. Census, African Americans were 16.6% of the population of Florida. [4] The African-American presence in the peninsula extends as far back as the early 18th century, when African-American slaves escaped from slavery in Georgia into the swamps of the peninsula. Black slaves were brought to Florida by Spanish conquistadors. [5] [6]
Wilbur Bell, 83, believes he is a living son of slavery in America. Family history has Bell’s father, Cornelius, born in Georgia on May 18, 1865.
State Rep. Kimberly Daniels, who once thanked God for slavery, said she'll fight to eliminate any Black history standard that says slaves benefitted. State Rep. Kim Daniels says state must change ...
Enslavement predates the period of European colonization and was practiced by various indigenous peoples. [1] Florida had some of the first African slaves in what is now the United States in 1526, [2] as well as the first emancipation of escaping slaves in 1687 and the first settlement of free blacks in 1735.
Historic sources show several of the 16 individuals cited by the Florida Department of Education were never even slaves. Critics cite historical inaccuracies in Florida’s defense of slave ‘job ...