– Overview Claudia Jones Fifty years after the establishment of the first Caribbean Carnival in Britain, a momentous event was organized. Two commemorative plaques were unveiled to honor one of Britain’s most remarkable post-war Caribbean figures, the publisher and activist Claudia Jones, often referred to as “the mother of the Notting Hill Carnival”. On 22 […]
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– Overview Mary Prince Born in Bermuda in 1788 Mary Prince knew what it was to be a commodity bought and sold a number of times, separated from her family, flogged and beaten at will by her “masters”. She was required to work as a house slave and companion. As a child she worked very […]