I highly recommend this tour (
original map on google maps) if you are around New Orelans, 20$/ person for half a day, worth the money. Tel +1 504 432 9901 |
history.hidden@gmail.com. The tour took us walking in the steps of the slaves that rebelled in 1811 in Louisiana, marching on New Orleans for their freedom, shouting "freedom or death". This march also called the
1811 German Coast Uprising is the largest slave revolt in the United States and the one of the least known, due to an underlying revisionism according to Waters.
We were able to visit graveyards were black heroes of the civil war came back to build entire communities around churches. Back in 1811 the life of the slaves was cruel, exploited to death, working in the plantations, sexually abused, lodging in miserable huts, forced to manipulate toxic materials, exposed to mortal gases in the early industrial era. The cruelty black people were exposed was proportional to the wealth of their owners, often reflected in the surface of their lands and the magnificence of their master house.
Historical researches have permitted to locate accurately large slave cemeteries, now abandoned and invisible, buried under the sediments, especially since the area his used as a gigantic spillway...
The Louisiana Museum of African American History has been working for a long time to get access to make archeological study of the hidden cemetery. Permission to study this site of historical importance has been denied, and even the marking of the site with a public banner has not been allowed. History hidden.
In 1811 white landlords were forcing black slaves to manipulate fatal toxic, such as the one required in the fabrication of Indigo (pigment). Today, the swamps owned by the former slaves children has been bought by major energy companies at an unfair price to host multi-millions polluting facilities. The descents of the slaves still live on the "fence lines" of these industries. The inhabitants suffer severe health issues (cancers,
asthma) and the fancy playgrounds built by corporations have no children playing.
La Bucket Brigade has been working since 10 years to support the local communities in front of merciless corporations which are stronger than the federal government itself. There is so much secrecy and lies, about the
current DeepWater Horizon Oil Spill, we have been informed that several oiled beaches are just being covered with sand, hiding oil instead of collecting it.
Today, most of BP cleaning staff on the beach is black american, and BP does not allow them to wear respirators to avoid "spreading hysteria". We do not have access to health reports of BP cleaners, some of them secretly report they are suffering, they are all under agreement of non-disclosure and pressure... When will the next rebellion happen?
Cruel chapters of history are being written today, strangely familiar.
I highly recommend this tour (original map on google maps) if you are around New Orelans, 20$/ person for half a day, worth the money. Tel +1 504 432 9901 | history.hidden@gmail.com. The tour took us walking in the steps of the slaves that rebelled in 1811 in Louisiana, marching on New Orleans for their freedom, shouting "freedom or death". This march also called the 1811 German Coast Uprising is the largest slave revolt in the United States and the one of the least known, due to an underlying revisionism according to Waters.
We were able to visit graveyards were black heroes of the civil war came back to build entire communities around churches. Back in 1811 the life of the slaves was cruel, exploited to death, working in the plantations, sexually abused, lodging in miserable huts, forced to manipulate toxic materials, exposed to mortal gases in the early industrial era. The cruelty black people were exposed was proportional to the wealth of their owners, often reflected in the surface of their lands and the magnificence of their master house.
Historical researches have permitted to locate accurately large slave cemeteries, now abandoned and invisible, buried under the sediments, especially since the area his used as a gigantic spillway...
The Louisiana Museum of African American History has been working for a long time to get access to make archeological study of the hidden cemetery. Permission to study this site of historical importance has been denied, and even the marking of the site with a public banner has not been allowed. History hidden.
In 1811 white landlords were forcing black slaves to manipulate fatal toxic, such as the one required in the fabrication of Indigo (pigment). Today, the swamps owned by the former slaves children has been bought by major energy companies at an unfair price to host multi-millions polluting facilities. The descents of the slaves still live on the "fence lines" of these industries. The inhabitants suffer severe health issues (cancers, asthma) and the fancy playgrounds built by corporations have no children playing.La Bucket Brigade has been working since 10 years to support the local communities in front of merciless corporations which are stronger than the federal government itself. There is so much secrecy and lies, about the current DeepWater Horizon Oil Spill, we have been informed that several oiled beaches are just being covered with sand, hiding oil instead of collecting it.Today, most of BP cleaning staff on the beach is black american, and BP does not allow them to wear respirators to avoid "spreading hysteria". We do not have access to health reports of BP cleaners, some of them secretly report they are suffering, they are all under agreement of non-disclosure and pressure... When will the next rebellion happen?Cruel chapters of history are being written today, strangely familiar.