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The ship Empire Windrush sailed with Guyanese, British Hondurans, Jamaicans, Trinidadians, Barbadians, and other islanders. Much more than 492 Caribbean Africans were on board. arthur > Date: Sun, 30 Sep 2012 16:00:11 -0400 > From: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Lord Woodbine - a Windrush Elder > To: [log in to unmask] > > Thanks for bringing Lord Woodbine's story to my attention. > > I like the Beatles connection, not to mention that the 3 identified > calypsonians is reason for us not to regurgitate that oft-repeated tale > that the Empire Windrush docked in June 1948 with (x amount of) Jamaicans, > when in truth, there were other African Caribbeans (plus Europeans on > board). > > Kwaku > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > mail2web.com – Enhanced email for the mobile individual based on Microsoft® > Exchange - http://link.mail2web.com/Personal/EnhancedEmail