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...
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Thomas Peters: One of the Black Loyalist Founders of Sierra Leone
In 1999, Thomas Peters, one of the founding fathers of Sierra Leone, was honoured by the Sierra Leone government with inclusion in a movie celebrating...
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 Afrikan man in captivity in North America, who became known as the Virginia Calculator. Although illiterate, he was able to perform...
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 Ship, New Britannia, is destroyed!
On January 24th, 1773, the captive people aboard the New Britannia declared war. The ship, anchored on the Gambian River in Senegambia, was blown up,...
Makandal: The Haitian Maroon Leader
François Makandal (also spelled Mackandal) is a legendary figure in Haitian history. As a Maroon leader, he orchestrated one of the earliest and most sustained...
Amelia’s Song: From Sierra Leone to South Carolina
“Ever since they left Thies, the women had not stopped singing. As soon as one group allowed the refrain to die, another picked it up,...