#Queen Susanna Abramson

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October 1st is the anniversary of the "fyah bun" uprising in Saint Croix Danish West Indies 1878. Led by Queen Mary Thomas, Queen Susanna “Bottom Belly "Abramson, Queen Matilda McBean and Queen Agnes Solomon. A response to harsh post emancipation labour laws that kept the Africans Impoverished years after emancipation in 1849.

Like other islands the former slave owners controlled the lands and forced the workers to sign contracts for menial wages and also prevented them from travelling to find work for better wages.

In response the Africans set fire to plantations and business places of their oppressors in a mass uprising. The Danish authorities had to call in reinforcements to put down the uprisings which led to the imprisonments of the some of the leaders and gunning down of others.

SOURCE: S.K.N low vibration plate lover   @crystos