Sanité Bélair: The Tigress of Haiti
Sanité Bélair (born Suzanne Bélair), was a Haitian freedom fighter and revolutionary during the Haitian Revolution. Sanité, whom Dessalines described as “a tigress,” is formally...
Category : Heroes of the Maafa
Nat Turner: African-American Hero of the Maafa
Nathanial “Nat” Turner was the leader of a powerful Maafa (slavery) revolt in Southampton County, Virginia, in 1831. Nat Turner’s Rebellion was one of the...
Alonso de Illescas: Afro-Ecuadorian Revolutionary Leader
Alonso de Illescas was an Afro‑Ecuadorian leader and an icon for people of African descent in Ecuador. A symbol of struggle, resistance, and intelligence, Illescas was...
David Walker: Fiery Anti-Maafa Activist
David Walker was an outspoken African-American abolitionist and anti-Maafa (Atlantic slavery) activist. In 1829, while living in Boston, Massachusetts, he published An Appeal to the...
Quamina – Guyana National Hero: involved in the Demerara rebellion of 1823
Quamina Gladstone, most often referred to simply as Quamina, was an enslaved Guyanese, a Coromantee, who was father of Jack Gladstone. Quamina and his son...
Robert Purvis: Radical African American abolitionist and reformer
Robert Purvis was a radical African American abolitionist and reformer as well as a prosperous gentleman farmer and businessman. Born on August 4, 1810 in...
Louis Delgrès: Resistance leader against the Maafa in Guadeloupe
[dropcap size=small]L[/dropcap]ouis Delgrès was an African-Caribbean leader of the anti-slavery movement in Guadeloupe resisting reoccupation and thus the restoration of the Maafa/Atlantic slavery by Napoleonic...
Gullah Jack: “The Little Man Who Can’t Be Killed”
[dropcap size=small]G[/dropcap]ullah Jack, also known as Couter Jack and sometimes referred to as “Gullah” Jack Pritchard, was an African conjurer, who is historically known for...
Rei Amador: General Captain of War
Rei Amador, known as also “General Captain of War” and “King Amador” is a major figure in the history of Sao Tome and Principe, and...
Denmark Vesey
Denmark Vesey (1767 – July 2, 1822) was a free black who masterminded what would have been the largest Maafa (slavery) uprising in American history. A skilled...