#britishguiana — Public Fediverse posts

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✧ fourpence ✧

The British fourpence coin, sometimes known as a groat, is a silver coin valued at 1⁄60 of one pound or 1⁄3 of one shilling. It was struck throughout the 18th century, though by 1800 it had come mostly to be coined to be given as ceremonial alms at the Royal Maundy service. It returned as a circulating coin in 1836, as th...

#RoyalMaundy #RoyalMint #BritishGuiana #Britain #Scotland #Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fourpence_(British_coin)

Ken Corsbie, one of #Guyana’s finest, is now gone.

He was born in ##BritishGuiana, and ‘his diverse heritage – Chinese, African, Welsh, Scottish, and Portuguese – mirrored the cultural melting pot he so passionately celebrated in his work. As he once said: “I’m a full blooded West Indian Stereotype – half Chinese, half Scottish, half African, half Amerindian, half Welch.” ‘

#Arts #acting #theatre

https://neenamaiya.substack.com/p/farewell-ken-corsbie

started a #wikipedia article on US medical records librarian Thelma Van Norte (1912-1985): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thelma_Van_Norte #dishist #Indianapolis #Macon #EmoryUniversity #BritishGuiana #medicalrecords #medicaltranscription #Employment

https://archive.org/details/africanguyanese

Themes in African-Guyanese History by Winston F. McGowan; James G. Rose; David A. Granger; Alvin O. Thompson; Brian L. Moore; Carl A. Braithwaite; Kimani S. Nehusi; Hazel M. Woolford; Clive Y. Thomas

Topics
#Guyana, #Essequibo, #Berbice, #britishcolonialism, #dutchcolonialism, #history, #Demerara, #Demerary, #BritishGuiana, #DemeraraEssequibo, #slavery, #blackchattelslavery, #colonialism, #Caribbean, #LatinAmerica, #slavetrade, #slaverevolts

“This book focuses on some of the major developments in the history of the African-Guyanese people from the time of their arrival in what were then the Dutch colonies of Essequibo and Berbice in the first half of the seventeenth century, to the present day. Most African-Guyanese today are descendants of enslaved Africans who were victims of the trans-Atlantic slave trade – the forced migration of millions of Africans, largely from West Africa to the Americas, from the fifteenth to the nineteenth centuries.”