Ottobah Cugoano: The Pioneer of the Black Radical Tradition
Ottobah Cugoano, pioneered the Black radical tradition when he established his leadership of the British abolitionist movement in 1787 with the publication of his book, Thoughts...
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Marie Couvent: A Controversial African-American Philanthropist
“Marie Couvent was the first [Black] woman to set the example of an enlightened charity, and that for a long time she was the only...
Thomas Peters: One of the Black Loyalist Founders of Sierra Leone
In 1999, Thomas Peters, one of the founding fathers of Sierra Leone, was honored by the Sierra Leone government by being included in a movie...
JUNETEENTH
“The year 1865 came in, speaking joyful words in our ears… We hail it with joy, because it finds us surrounded with light… This year,...
Antonio Maceo: The Greatest Soldier and General of the 19th Century
“There can be but one result for the Cubans. That is victory…” Lieutenant General José Antonio de la Caridad Maceo y Grajales was a Cuban...
Her name was Redoshi: The last survivor of the Maafa in America?
Redoshi was born in modern-day Benin and abducted from her home aged 12 before being sold as a child bride. She was renamed Sally Smith...
Thomas Fuller: The Virginia Calculator
Thomas Fuller was an enslaved man who became known as the Virginia Calculator. Although illiterate he was able to perform the most difficult mathematical calculations....
Charity Still: Who twice liberated herself from the Maafa
Charity Still, the mother of William Still, twice liberated herself from the Maafa/Atlantic slavery with her children. After her first self-liberation, she was recaptured with...
January 24, 1773 – The Slave Ship, New Britannia, is destroyed!
On January 24th, 1773, the captive people aboard the New Britannia, declared war. The ship which was on the Gambian river, in Senegambia, was blown...
Makandal: The Haitian Maroon Leader
François Makandal (or Mackandal) is a legendary historical icon of Haiti. He was a Maroon leader who organized the first real attempt at the destruction...