a different slavery story

de bene esse: literally, of well-being, morally acceptable but subject to future validation or exception

"Forget the traditional tales of slavery, escape and freedom much loved by Hollywood.

There’s a different slavery story which is now beginning to be told – and in the places where it actually played out.

Many in the Caribbean and in the Diaspora will have heard stories of ancestors who were freed slaves and fought with the British against the US in 1812.

To use the theme running through the latest version of their story, River of Freedom: “A Black man in a red coat, fighting another man’s war.”

Telling a different slave story | Caribbean Intelligence

The musical telling the story of the freed slaves who fought with the British.

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