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Wordless Wednesday ~ Juneteenth

 

“Juneteenth”
(Painting by G. Rose)

Image Source:  Juneteenth of St. Petersburg, INC. http://www.juneteenth-stpete.org/Home_Page.htmlAssessed 15 June 2010.

Wordless Wednesday – Bessie Middlebrooks Dixon

 

7 Nov 1880 – 19 Sept 1981

This is a photo of my maternal great aunt Bessie at her 100th birthday party in 1980 in Atlanta.

Wordless Wednesday – Slave Barracoons Savannah, GA

 

Barracoon – a temporary place of confinement for slaves.

Viewed from the outside.

 

 

Viewed from the inside.

Imagine the suffering. Imagine the pain.  You cannot!!