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The British fourpence coin, sometimes known as a groat, is a silver coin valued at 1โ60 of one pound or 1โ3 of one shilling. It was struck throughout the 18th century, though by 1800 it had come mostly to be coined to be given as ceremonial alms at the Royal Maundy service. It returned as a circulating coin in 1836, as th...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fourpence_(British_coin)
Ken Corsbie, one of #Guyanaโs finest, is now gone.
He was born in ##BritishGuiana, and โhis diverse heritage โ Chinese, African, Welsh, Scottish, and Portuguese โ mirrored the cultural melting pot he so passionately celebrated in his work. As he once said: โIโm a full blooded West Indian Stereotype โ half Chinese, half Scottish, half African, half Amerindian, half Welch.โ โ
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Themes in African-Guyanese History by Winston F. McGowan; James G. Rose; David A. Granger; Alvin O. Thompson; Brian L. Moore; Carl A. Braithwaite; Kimani S. Nehusi; Hazel M. Woolford; Clive Y. Thomas
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#Guyana, #Essequibo, #Berbice, #britishcolonialism, #dutchcolonialism, #history, #Demerara, #Demerary, #BritishGuiana, #DemeraraEssequibo, #slavery, #blackchattelslavery, #colonialism, #Caribbean, #LatinAmerica, #slavetrade, #slaverevolts
โThis book focuses on some of the major developments in the history of the African-Guyanese people from the time of their arrival in what were then the Dutch colonies of Essequibo and Berbice in the first half of the seventeenth century, to the present day. Most African-Guyanese today are descendants of enslaved Africans who were victims of the trans-Atlantic slave trade โ the forced migration of millions of Africans, largely from West Africa to the Americas, from the fifteenth to the nineteenth centuries.โ
Liam O'Mara IV, PhD
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