tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37940560.post3320792487357978890..comments2024-03-27T08:49:38.786-03:00Comments on Siskoid's Blog of Geekery: This Week in Geek (15-21/09/14)Siskoidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08266365376486695812noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37940560.post-56164221337697593772014-09-21T12:05:03.071-03:002014-09-21T12:05:03.071-03:00Thanks for the heads-up, LondonKdS.Thanks for the heads-up, LondonKdS.Siskoidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08266365376486695812noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37940560.post-1765275603277454262014-09-21T12:04:38.215-03:002014-09-21T12:04:38.215-03:00And this book tells a good part of it. Funneled fr...And this book tells a good part of it. Funneled from the colonies to NOva Scotia and New Brunswick after British withdrawal of the nascent United States, many stayed while an important contingent eventually went back to Africa to found a colony there. The story is rife with broken promises and hardships.<br /><br />As for the underground railroad and what happened after, which I think is what you're alluding to, that's an entirely different story that must still echo this one.Siskoidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08266365376486695812noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37940560.post-64477755370241379402014-09-21T12:01:55.668-03:002014-09-21T12:01:55.668-03:00Havig enjoyed the first two series of Homeland I a...Havig enjoyed the first two series of <i>Homeland</i> I absolutely loathed the third - it seemed to me to be unduly manipulative and, in one sub-plot, (you'll know it when you see it) outright ethnic and religious hate propaganda.LondonKdShttp://londonkds.dreamwidth.orgnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37940560.post-46422584367069546562014-09-21T11:17:20.164-03:002014-09-21T11:17:20.164-03:00"My interest was piqued by the promise of lea..."My interest was piqued by the promise of learning more about the black experience in my native Maritimes, but that's a relatively short chapter in the story."<br /><br />That would be a point of interest to me too. I'm in Ohio, Cleveland to be specific, and every school kid here learns that runaway slaves came up through Ohio (and other Great Lakes states) to sail to Canada and freedom. So ... what happened after that? Were they welcomed into Canadian society as equals? Did they found settlements that have a remarkable history? There's a story to be told.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com