On August 17, 1795, the Dutch Caribbean island of Curaçao witnessed one of the most significant and far-reaching...
Keti Koti is an Afro-Surinamese commemoration that brings together remembrance, spiritual tradition, and cultural celebration to mark the...
In 1820, the Antelope was seized off the coast of Florida with approximately three hundred African captives crowded aboard—most of them children, with an average age of only fourteen. Torn from...
Lunsford Lane (1803–1879) was a remarkable nineteenth-century entrepreneur, abolitionist, and author who rose from captivity as a house...
Joseph Ignace of Guadeloupe (c. 1769–1802) was a renowned freedom fighter and French Republican military officer, celebrated as...
“I am Toussaint Louverture; perhaps my name has made itself known to you. I have undertaken vengeance. I want Liberty and Equality to reign in Saint‑Domingue. I am working to make...
Catherine Flon holds a revered place in Haitian history as the woman most closely associated with the creation...
On 13 May 1888, a brief law signed in Rio de Janeiro brought a formal end to centuries...
Cape Coast Fortress stands as one of the largest and best-preserved European fortifications on the West African coast, and is one of more than 30 historic military structures along Ghana’s coastline....
Caesar was an African healer living under forced servitude in early South Carolina whose knowledge of botanical medicine...
José Leonardo Chirino (25 April 1754 – 10 December 1796) stands as one of the most significant anti-Maafa...
“Her fight is preserved in Brazilian history, and her warrior personality is, to this day, an example for other women.” — Andrade and Lelis (loose translation) In the late sixteenth century, in the...
Meserette Kentake, founder of Kentake Page, was born and raised in Kingston, Jamaica, and is of Yoruba descent (mtDNA). Now based in London, she holds a BSc in Counselling Psychology but is most passionate about…
