Sir Godfrey GreggPhoto: Queen Elizabeth II Conferring Mazi Francis Akanu-Ibiam a Knight of the British Empire in January 1956. Enugu. Average Rating 0 out of 5 stars. 0 votes.You must log in to submit a review.
Sir Godfrey GreggTHE SLOGAN was Love Is In The Air, and suitably, it was Valentine’s Day 2017. Thus the Prime Minister of St Vincent and the Grenadines heralded the opening of the Argyle International Airport, a category one facility, as demonstrably typical of his love affair with the country he leads.…
Read moreSir Godfrey GreggHere is Sir William with his family. He is the one with the cello(?). Also in the photo is his first-born son, who also became Sir William Young 2nd. Sir William left multiple plantations and close to 900 enslaved Africans to his son, who became a prominent member of…
Read moreSir Godfrey GreggGrenada #2 (1861) GRENADA #2 (1861) Grenada is an island country consisting of Grenada itself and six smaller islands at the southern end of the Grenadines in the southeastern Caribbean Sea. Grenada is located northwest of Trinidad and Tobago, northeast of Venezuela, and southwest of Saint Vincent and…
Read moreSir Godfrey GreggBY: NATASHA GREGG THE AFRO-PERUVIAN REVOLT – The first Africans arrived to Perú as slaves, sailors and soldiers amongst the conquistadors and were amongst troops that toppled the Inca Empire in 1533. As many white settlers from Spain arrived to Perú, the demand for slave labor increased substantially.…
Read moreSir Godfrey GreggA New International Airport in St. Vincent and the Grenadines The Caribbean’s most anticipated airport project has finally come to fruition. The new Argyle International Airport on the island of St. Vincent receives its first-ever flights on Tuesday as the largest project in the history of the country. The…
Read moreSir Godfrey GreggGreece #51 (1876) GREECE #51 (1876) Greece (Elláda — Ελλάδα), officially the Hellenic Republic (Ellīnikī́ Dīmokratía — Ελληνική Δημοκρατία), historically also known as Hellas (Ἑλλάς), is a country in southeastern Europe, strategically located at the crossroads of Europe, Asia, and Africa. Situated on the southern tip of the Balkan…
Read moreSir Godfrey GreggBY: NATASHA GREGG THE 1537 REBELLION PLOT – The rise in silver mines and sugar plantations in Mexico, up the demand for slave labor to complete the labor intensive work. Thus began the ingress of slaves from Africa to Mexico. As slaves were imported continuously, the slave populations…
Read moreSir Godfrey GreggThe Road Not Taken TWO roads diverged in a yellow wood, And sorry I could not travel both And be one traveler, long I stood And looked down one as far as I could To where it bent in the undergrowth; Then took the other, as just as fair,…
Read moreSir Godfrey GreggThe Bailiwick of Guernsey is one of three Crown dependencies of the United Kingdom. Separated from the Dukedom and Duchy of Normandy by and under the terms of the Treaty (or Peace) of Le Goulet in 1204, the Bailiwick comprises the inhabited islands of Alderney, Guernsey, Herm, Jethou, Lihou,…
Read moreSir Godfrey GreggBY: NATASHA GREGG THE MALÊ REVOLT – During the era of slavery in the Caribbean and Latin America, out of all the colonies, Brazil had the largest population of slaves. As Christianity was assimilated throughout the colonies by the colonists, Islam too was assimilated, but by the slaves, who…
Read moreSir Godfrey GreggMoses Dickson (1824-1901) was an American abolitionist, soldier, minister and founder of the secret organization The Knights of Liberty which planned a slave uprising in the United States and helped African-American enslaved people to freedom through the Underground Railroad. He also founded the black self-help organization The International Order…
Read moreSir Godfrey GreggAfrican continent is the world’s oldest populated area. Africa is the most interesting and diverse continent on the earth. It is the home of an incredible variety of people, animals, climates, and spectacular places. It is a country known for its beautiful colorful clothing and its history of incredible…
Read moreSir Godfrey GreggBY: NATASHA GREGG THE AGUADILLA REVOLT OF 1795 – The success of the Haitian Revolution in 1791 glaringly reveal to the colonial powers in the Caribbean the real threat of slave uprisings and the costs of self-liberation. After Saint Domingue’s success in gaining independence, all colonial powers in their…
Read moreSir Godfrey GreggBY: NATASHA GREGG THE BLOODY BAY REBELLION – Prior to the Treaty of Paris that ceded the island of Tobago to Britain in 1763, the island had remained neutral between the French and British. Once Tobago was in the hands of Britain, the colonial powers wasted no time in…
Read moreSir Godfrey GreggBY: NATASHA GREGG THE THIRD SLAVE REBELLION – Unarguably, the slave trade had a remarkable effect on the demographics of Barbados, in that as early as 1685, the white population was completely outnumbered by the slave population by approximately 4 to 1. This racial disproportion created an unnerving and…
Read moreSir Godfrey GreggBY: NATASHA GREGG THE BERBICE SLAVE UPRISING – Pre-Haitian Revolution, one of the major rebellions against colonial rule occurred in the Dutch colony of Berbice (modern day Guyana) on February 23, 1763. Slaves on Magdaleneberg, a plantation located on the Canje River, revolted against the cruel and…
Read moreSir Godfrey GreggSojourner Truth; born Isabella (“Bell”) Baumfree; 1797 – November 26, 1883) was an African-American abolitionist and women’s rights activist. Truth was born into slavery in Swartekill, Ulster County, New York, but escaped with her infant daughter to freedom in 1826. After going to court to recover her son, in…
Read moreSir Godfrey GreggBY: NATASHA GREGG THE APONTE REBELLION – José Antonio Aponte, a free black carpenter, a descendant from the Yoruba tribe and former first corporal in the colonial black militia, was widely seen as the leader of a series of revolts that gripped Cuba in 1812. This series of revolts…
Read moreSir Godfrey GreggBY: NATASHA GREGG THE REVOLT OF 1522 – The earliest and most serious slave rebellion in the so called New World occurred on December 25, 1522 on the Spanish Caribbean colony of Hispaniola (Espanola), which is modern day Dominican Republic and Haiti. Approximately thirty years after Columbus first landed,…
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