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Podcast: Black History Year
Episode: How Formerly Enslaved Bermudians Created This Holiday After Emancipation
Description: When slavery ended in Bermuda, Black folks had a plan for the following year. Now that they were paid employees, it was time to regain their power from white supremacy, and they did it in the most genius way.
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