• Wuk up and Landownership - life in 1850's Barbados

  • Sep 6 2024
  • Length: 43 mins
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Wuk up and Landownership - life in 1850's Barbados

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  • Reading excerpts of Charles Day's book - Five years the West Indies, this highly racist account of life in the Caribbean unintentionally captures the beauty of Black people in the Caribbean.


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    Buckra - buckraNOUNbuckra, buckras

    derogatory US, West Indian

    • A white person, especially a man.
    Origin

    Mid 18th century from Ibibio and Efik (m)bakara ‘European, master’.



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