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...
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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...
The Christiana Riot of 1851
In 1851, in Christiana, Pennsylvania, one of the earliest armed confrontations took place between a group of African-Americans and Euro-American abolitionists and a Maryland posse...
Horace King: From Enslaved Carpenter to Master Bridge Architect
[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...
Charles Ball: “Time Did Not Reconcile Me To My Chains”
Charles Ball was an enslaved African-American from Maryland, best known for his account as a fugitive, The Life and Adventures of Charles Ball (1837). Ball...
The Horrors of the Middle Passage
“It takes more than a horrifying transatlantic voyage chained in the filthy hold of a slave ship to erase someone’s culture.” – Maya Angelou Author’s...
A date to remember – 22 August 1791: The Haitian Revolution
“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...
Nat Turner’s Rebellion
“As the black spot passed over the sun, so shall the Blacks pass over the earth.” – Nat Turner [dropcap size=small]O[/dropcap]n Sunday, 21 August 1831,...