After the Africans of Haiti broke the chains of slavery, defeating Napoleon's army in 1803, slavery continued on other territories stolen by the british, french, spanish and portuguese. Below the photograph of a british slave ship and picture of Maria do Carmo Geronimo, born a slave on march 5, 1871 in Minas, Brazil, passed away on June 14, 2000 !
"Bato negriye sa ou tande la a se pa t "la croisière s'amuse"! Pou pi plis, kal bato an te 4 pye de wotè, sa vle di granmoun p at ka kanpe. Ak chenn nan pye, chenn nan men, fanm, gason epi tilezanj te sètoblije kwense rantre nan founo lanfè sa a kote plizyè santèn krityen vivan t ap sibi youn transpò sadin nan kès ki dire dabitid plis pase 3 mwa."
"Sou chak 100 esklav Afriken ki te debake sou kontinan Amerik lan, 85 te vann nan zile Karayib yo ak Amerikdisid epi rès 15 yo te vann Ozetazini."
"Nan liv istwa tankou "The Slave Trade" ke Oliver Ransford pibliye nan ane 1972 ou kapab wè foto dènye sivivan Bato Negriye yo, youn lepè ki te rele Cudjo Lewis."
Sou bato negriye, Lafimen CD#1