The original “Uncle Tom”, Josiah Henson (June 15, 1789 – May 5, 1883) was an author, abolitionist, and minister. Born into slavery in Charles County, Maryland, he escaped to Upper Canada (now Ontario) in 1830, and founded a settlement and laborer’s school for other fugitive slaves at Dawn, near Dresden in Kent County. Henson’s autobiography,ContinueContinue reading “Rev. Josiah Henson: Truth Stranger than Fiction”
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Fyodor Fyodorovich Tomas “The Black Russian”
Frederick Bruce Thomas was born in 1872 to former slaves who became prosperous farmers in Mississippi. When his father was brutally murdered, the teenaged Frederick fled the Deep South and headed for New York City where he worked as a waiter and valet.
Deploying charm, charisma and cunning, he emigrated to Europe, criss-crossing the continent to find employment as a multilingual waiter in locations as diverse as London and Leipzig, Venice and Vienna, before settling in Moscow in 1899. {Click to read more.}
All that glitters is not gold.
“People who only receive and appreciate validation based on how they look are only ever going to be concerned with the image they portray and how other people view them. There will be nothing more important to them than the illusion they create for their public’s consumption. The illusion of their fabulosity. The falseness of their greatness.”
CHARLES RAMSEY: An unlikely, but much appreciated, upgrade to the American Black Male image
Charles Ramsey, Amanda Berry, Gina de Jesus, Michelle Knight, Cleveland OH, superhero, courageous, pure heart, good character
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