Robert Smalls was an enslaved African American who distinguished himself as a national war hero, statesman and civil-rights...
Gordon was an enslaved African-American who became an iconic figure during the Civil War, in exposing the brutality...
Olaudah Equiano was born an Igbo around 1745, in what is now eastern Nigeria. He came from a prosperous home; his father was a local elder. Kidnapped with his sister at...
Solitude was born into the Maafa in Guadeloupe around 1772, the daughter of an African woman who was raped...
Madison Washington escaped Euro-American system of enslavement to freedom in Canada. However, Washington could not continue to live...
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…
