Tracing Our Roots
Stories from the Haitian American Museum of Chicago
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kindred: My Search for Myself – by sandra starks mccollum
NEW ORLEANS (April 4, 2017) - The 400th anniversary of the arrival of the first Africans in The United States will occur in 2019, marking a significant historic occasion for our Nation. We should be inspired to reexamine the description of the...
7 Truths About Vodou: Understanding a Misunderstood Religion
On the night of Sunday, Aug. 14, 1791, about 200 enslaved coachmen from dozens of plantations across the northern region of present-day Haiti secretly gathered in a wooded area surrounding an alligator swamp. Together, they aimed to finalize plans...