Sylvester Magee was an African American who may have been the last living former enslaved American. Although Magee’s...
Mary Ann Shadd, was the first Black woman in North America to publish a newspaper and the first...
“It was my good fortune to lend a helping hand to the weary travelers flying from the land of bondage.” William Still was an African American abolitionist, Underground Railroad conductor, writer,...
Sanité Bélair (born Suzanne Bélair), was a Haitian freedom fighter and revolutionary during the Haitian Revolution. Sanité, whom...
Nathanial “Nat” Turner was the leader of a powerful Maafa (slavery) revolt in Southampton County, Virginia, in 1831....
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 regarded as the single most powerful...
David Walker was an outspoken African-American abolitionist and anti-Maafa (Atlantic slavery) activist. In 1829, while living in Boston,...
In 1851, in Christiana, Pennsylvania, one of the earliest armed confrontations took place between a group of African-Americans...
[dropcap size=small]H[/dropcap]orace King was an African American architect, engineer, and bridge builder. King built the biggest American bridges in the mid 1800’s, and is considered the most respected bridge builder of...
Charles Ball was an enslaved African-American from Maryland, best known for his account as a fugitive, The Life...
“It takes more than a horrifying transatlantic voyage chained in the filthy hold of a slave ship to...
“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,...
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…
