The French, the English and Spanish often capitalized on the slave trade in other ways for example they garnered diplomatic favor when they negotiated the freedom of slaves in exchange for peace, friendship and military alliance. Indians displaced from the fur trade in the north migrated south where plantation owners armed them to hunt for slaves living in the Spanish mission communities. The fur trade in the Northeast, the English plantation system in the south and the Spanish mission system in Florida collided with major disruptions to Indian communities. Indians found themselves caught in between colonial strategies for power and economic control. In a law passed in 1704, Indian slaves were conscripted to fight in wars for the colony long before the American Revolution. In southern coastal regions entire tribes were exterminated through slavery compared to disease or war. It is estimated that between 16 at least 50,000 Indians (and likely more due to transactions hidden to avoid paying government tariffs and taxes) were exported by the English alone to their Caribbean outposts.īetween 16 far more Indians were exported than Africans were imported. These Black Indians, now mistaken as African Americans, were shipped back to America and classified as “African Slaves.” This part of our history is what the school systems fail to mention in history programs.Įvery European nation that colonized North America utilized Indian slaves for construction, plantations and mining on the North American continent but more frequently in their outposts in the Caribbean and in the metropolis of Europe.Īll historians note that nowhere is there more authentic documentation than in South Carolina, also known as the original English colony of Carolina, established in 1670. The truth is that Black Indians were shipped from America to Europe! They were then shipped from Spain to Africa as commodity for African resources. A mass colony of Africans were not shipped from Africa to America. The whole slave trade story was given to all of us in reverse. Hundreds of thousands were shipped to Europe and Africa as Indian slaves. “Unfortunately, due to challenging market conditions and global financial pressures, we have been unable to meet our financial goals, and the timeline afforded to us has run out.The tens of millions of Black Americans, or rather Indians, who ‘disappeared’ after 1492 did not all die in the ‘holocaust’ inflicted within America. This has forced all of you to do more with less, and your contributions have been remarkable,” Hair said in the memo obtained by TheWrap. “During the past few months, we have endured very painful workforce reductions at all levels of the network as we worked to achieve our financial goal of a break-even business. As employees were notified by phone that the channel was ceasing operations, Hair sent out a memo to staffers saying he was “saddened and disappointed.” On March 25, BNC staffers learned the channel had reached the end of its journey.
“We are actively working to resolve this matter quickly, and will advise you with an update as soon as possible.” We sincerely apologize for any inconvenience this may cause,” said the memo from human resources VP, Nicole Collins. “The March 25 payroll deposit will be delayed. Last Thursday, the network’s human resources department sent out an email saying employees would not be paid as scheduled the following day. 1 with an average 2.361 million primetime viewers each evening.
Twelve weeks later - in December 2021 - the network began laying off dozens of employees.ĬNN+ Lines Up Former Disney Boss Bob Iger, Ashton Kutcher, Mila Kunis as Launch Week GuestsĪ Nielsen ratings analysis compiled by TheWrap found of 124 cable news channels in 2021, BNC came in 123rd with an average of 4,000 viewers on any given show. Instead, BNC’s management team looked to the media to get the word out, including the Tallahassee Democrat, which in September 2021 published a profile of Hair with the headline: “Black News Channel thriving under new President and CEO Princell Hair.” Despite the infusion of cash, insiders told TheWrap little of it was used for marketing. The hiring spree came as Shad Khan, the billionaire owner of the Jacksonville Jaguars, injected a reported $50 million dollars into the network and became the principal investor. Hair added several hours of daily live programming, eventually launched a short-lived streaming channel, and hired hundreds of employees.
Just months after the launch in February 2020, Brillante was ousted and Princell Hair joined BNC as CEO in the fall of 2020. Watts and veteran broadcast executive Bob Brillante with a mission to provide news for and about underserved communities. The channel, known to viewers as BNC, was founded by former GOP congressman J.C. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Criticizes Will Smith for ‘Perpetuating Stereotypes’ About Black Community