The Caribbean Genealogy Library invites the general public to participate in the 2009 Lecture Series entitled “In Search of Queen Coziah and the Coal Carriers of Old.” It will be given at 4 p.m., on Sunday, Sept. 27, at the Jarvis House Museum and Learning Center, located on Polyberg Hill adjacent to the Texaco Gas Station.
This lecture will celebrate the women and men of the Coal Workers’ Strike of Sept. 12, 1892, in Charlotte Amalie, Danish West Indies. Presenters Ayesha Morris, Myron D. Jackson, and Glenn “Kwabenna” Davis will trace the history of coal carriers employed at the docks and harbor of Charlotte Amalie. The lecture will explore stories about Queen Coziah and the coal carriers, the 1892 strike, and their contributions to the maritime history of St. Thomas. Oral and written records as well as music will bring to light the personalities, maritime history and social change brought about by this protest against economic exploitation.
The lecture series is presented in association with the Virgin Islands Cultural Heritage Institute, Dollar fo’ Dollar and the Department of Education’s Cultural Education Division.
For more information about the Caribbean Genealogy Library and the Lecture Series call 714-2138 or 777-1012.
