Last week, I talked about the American midterm elections and the connection (or lack thereof) between white women, suffragettes, and a lack of concern for people of color and their issues. mais 1.317 palavras
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Original illustrations from Tagore’s Crescent Moon–in this case by Surendranath Ganguli–recall similar illustrations of childhood in Robert Louis Stevenson’s A Child’s Garden of Verses (this one is by Maria Kirk from 1919).
Embarkations Folkestone 30 August 1915
The pages I work on each day depend on the date the first soldier I find embarked on. So the order of posting may appear random it isn’t. mais 262 palavras
Afternoon Tea: "English Liberties Outside England: Floors, Doors, Windows, and Ceilings in the Legal Architecture of Empire"
mais 224 palavrasWe tend to think of global migration and the problem of which legal rights people enjoy as they cross borders as modern phenomena. They are not.
Lady Amelia Douglas and four generations of her family, circa 1885. Image courtesy of the Royal BC Museum Archives. https://search-bcarchives.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/amelia-lady-douglas-seated-in-centre-surrounded-by-family-to-third-and-fourth-generation
Lady Amelia Douglass, née Connolly, was the daughter of an Irish-Canadian fur trader and a Cree woman. Image courtesy of the Royal British Columbia Museum Archives. https://search-bcarchives.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/amelia-lady-douglas-wife-of-sir-james-douglas
Governor James Douglas and the Ambiguities of Race at the Edge of an Empire
James Douglas was born in Demerara in modern Guyana. He was the son of a Scottish sugar merchant and a free black woman. In his lifetime, he was schooled in Scotland, then headed to the west coast of North America, working for the North-West Company, then the Hudson’s Bay Company, and ending up as the Governor of the newly formed colony of British Columbia. mais 1.603 palavras
Includes a V.C. recipient 20/09/15.
Yes, I know I need an editor. Last page for today. Embarkations from Folkestone 20th September 1915. 20th September 1915
10th (Service) Battalion Black Watch (Royal Highlanders), 1 Part of 26th Division2… mais 452 palavras
Page 508 #FWW #Folkestone
Getting back into this since the circus has left town. I did say I could edit this down to 350 pages. I’m now on page 508. mais 282 palavras
YCL Statement on Remembrance Sunday 2018
Statement of the Executive Committee of the Young Communist League on Remembrance Sunday 2018.
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