Happy Birthday in advance Habib Prince Obrien-Coker wrote: > Now that the search for those Gambian Pioneers in America seems to be abated > and I was wondering whether List members could help in answering these two > questions: > 1.) Who was the first Gambian ON RECORD to have gone VOLUNTARILY to America > and when was that? > (Note: It is well known that a slave must have been the first Gambia. By the > word VOLUNTARILY, I mean to have paid a passage to cross the Atlantic.) > Clue: Why are there so many Gambians in Georgia? > The Second question is more a conjecture; there is no concrete proof to it > like the first question. As History told us, there were 4 major slave > insurrections and plots in U.S. history led by: Gabriel Prosser, Denmark > Vesey, > Nat Turner and "The first white man to have lost his life for the > freedom of the black people"(Malcolm X), John Brown. It is amazing how many > of us were singing "John Brown's body" at school without knowing, who the > hell, he was. > 2.) What were the names of the two "supposed" Gambians who were among the > ringleaders in Denmark Vesey's conspiracy? > > These two questions are merely to find out how much we Gambians know about > ourselves in the history of other nations. > > I will give the answers on my BIRTHDAY, Thursday 24/02/2000, but I would > first want to see your answers. > > Prince Coker > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L > Web interface at: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/gambia-l.html > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L Web interface at: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/gambia-l.html ----------------------------------------------------------------------------