<div>2024 will mark the 200th anniversary of the little-known history of African American migrations to Haiti/Hispaniola. We are an organizing collective facilitating the transnational celebration of this migration's 200-year anniversary.
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<div><em>Brief History</em>
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<div>After Spanish Haiti and the Republic of Haiti were integrated into one nation in 1822, invitations were extended in 1824 to freed African American communities in the United States to help build the first Black republic in the Americas. Between 1824-1826, upwards of 13,000 African Americans emigrated from the United States to Haiti, which then governed the whole island of Hispaniola.
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<div>As part of the commemoration of this historic event we will be helping to organize and support events in the Dominican Republic and various locations in the US. We will use the funds to organize the Bi-Centennial events celebration to be held in Samaná. From July 14-21, 2024 a series of events, workshops and collection of oral histories and artifacts will kick off the commemorations.
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<div>Funds will also be used to develop a community based exhibit that will be showcased in Samaná, DR during the Harvest Celebration events the 26-27th of October 2024. The exhibit will engage with various archives and include community images, and documents with a focus on the lived realities in the various locations they departed from and arrived at, to highlight the process and decision-making behind the migration.
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<div>In December 2024, we will continue the commemoration with additional community based events and a commemorative march of the descendants showcasing the various last names that still wander the hills of Samaná
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<div>In addition to the exhibit, a digital database of historical documents pertaining to the birth, baptism, and marriage of community members has been developed and will continue to add additional document to it. <a href="https://www.jstor.org/site/ccny/samana-archive" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"><a href="https://www.jstor.org/site/ccny/samana-archive/" target="_blank" class="" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">https://www.jstor.org/site/ccny/samana-archive/</a></a> ,
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<div>Lastly, a website with various historical and contemporary resources will be unveiled, and a series of panels and public conversations in New York, Philadelphia and Texas will highlight the stories of these emigrants who ventured across the sea and departed from various ports in the eastern seaboard including Baltimore, Philadelphia, and New York in search of freedom.
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<div>Please join the organizing efforts! Help support our work.
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<div><strong>Samaná Organizing Committee </strong>
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<div>Francisca Forchue
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<div>Mercedes Ramirez
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<div>Wilfredo Benjamin Kelly
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<div>Carmen Carasco Kery
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<div>Awilda Benjamin Kelly
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<div>Jorge Esquea
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<div>Dr. April Mayes
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<div>Sophia Monegro PhD Candidate
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<div>Dr. Christina Davidson
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<div>Dr. Ryan Mann-Hamilton
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<div>Dr. Brandon Byrd
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<div>Dr. Martha Ellen Davis
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<div>2024 marcará el 200 aniversario de la poco conocida historia de las migraciones afroamericanas a Haití/La Española. Somos un colectivo organizador que facilita la celebración transnacional del 200 aniversario de esta migración.
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<div>Breve historia
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<div>Después de que el Haití español y la República de Haití se integraran en una sola nación en 1822, en 1824 se extendieron invitaciones a las comunidades afroamericanas liberadas en los Estados Unidos para ayudar a construir la primera república negra en las Américas. Entre 1824 y 1826, más de 13.000 afroamericanos emigraron de Estados Unidos a Haití, que entonces gobernaba toda la isla La Española.
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<div>Como parte de la conmemoración de este evento histórico, estaremos ayudando a organizar y apoyar eventos en la República Dominicana y varios lugares de los Estados Unidos. Utilizaremos los fondos para organizar la celebración de los eventos del Bicentenario que se realizará en Samaná. Del 14 al 21 de julio de 2024, una serie de eventos, talleres y una colección de historias y artefactos orales darán inicio a las conmemoraciones.
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<div>Los fondos también se utilizarán para desarrollar una exhibición comunitaria que se exhibirá en Samaná, República Dominicana durante los eventos de Celebración de la Cosecha del 26 al 27 de octubre de 2024. La exhibición interactuará con varios archivos e incluirá imágenes y documentos comunitarios centrados en las realidades vividas en los distintos lugares de donde partieron y llegaron, para resaltar el proceso y la toma de decisiones detrás de la migración.
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<div>Además de la exhibición, se ha desarrollado una base de datos digital de documentos históricos relacionados con el nacimiento, el bautismo y el matrimonio de miembros de la comunidad y se continuará agregando documentos adicionales. <a href="https://www.jstor.org/site/ccny/samana-archive/," target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"><a href="https://www.jstor.org/site/ccny/samana-archive/," target="_blank" class="" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">https://www.jstor.org/site/ccny/samana-archive/,</a></a>
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<div>Por último, se dará a conocer un sitio web con diversos recursos históricos y contemporáneos, y una serie de paneles y conversaciones públicas en Nueva York, Filadelfia y Texas resaltarán las historias de estos emigrantes que se aventuraron a través del mar y partieron desde varios puertos de la costa este. incluyendo Baltimore, Filadelfia y Nueva York en busca de libertad.
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<div>¡Únase a los esfuerzos de organización! Ayude a respaldar nuestro trabajo.
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