A Poem for Earth Day 2020: Mother Maple by Brenda Cave-James
A poem for a (sadly needed to be felled) Sugar Maple tree…the oldest and largest in New York State (Ontario NY) a few years ago, at 158 feet tall, canopy spread of 90 feet, and trunk diameter of 8 feet. Mother Maple Great mother of many Near to four hundred...
The Morning After The Weeping Time
Two years ago, I wrote a book called The Weeping Time about the largest slave auction in American history. This experience which the enslaved called The Weeping Time took place in Savannah, Georgia on two fateful days, March 2-3 in 1859. Today, we seem to be...
Remembering Jamaican “Doctress” Mary Seacole by Guest contributor Dr. Hilary Hickling
Mary Seacole was honored for the International Women’s Day celebration at the Institute of Jamaica in Kingston this past week. The National Museum of Jamaica also curated an exhibition in her honor. See here the link to the ceremony....
The 1619 Project and Bringing History to the People
Dear Baileyblog readers, I wrote this piece in December and it was published on the History News Network and the Cambridge University Press blog in January, 2020. My thoughts regarding the 1619 Project still stand. The 1619 Project of The New York...
Remembering The Weeping Time slave auction and the hidden history of slavery that surrounds us
Dear Baileyblog Readers, I hope you are well. Today I am sharing with you a few items of interest with regard to the work of remembering slavery and its legacy. Yesterday, I was interviewed by journalist Adeel Hassan for The NY Times Race/Related newsletter:...
Anne C. Bailey and company write about race, slavery, refugees, diasporas, African American, Caribbean and African studies, human rights, history, and memory. We publish every weekend.
Find Anne C. Bailey's non-fiction book : The Weeping Time:
Memory and the Largest Slave Auction in American History (Beacon Press)
