“There was a militarily gifted and exceptionally daring woman in the front line: Carlota, of Lucumbi origin…” In...
Charles Ball was an enslaved African-American from Maryland, best known for his account as a fugitive, The Life...
“Revolution moves in a mysterious way, its wonders to perform.” –C.L.R. James “It was the first time in human history that enslaved people had destroyed a slave system, declared themselves rulers,...
Denmark Vesey (1767 – July 2, 1822) was a free black who masterminded what would have been the...
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...
Madison Washington escaped Euro-American system of enslavement to freedom in Canada. However, Washington could not continue to live...
Every day, at the Noir de Rio Museum, hundreds of people venerate an image of a Black woman...
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…
