The Demerara Revolt of 1823 was the largest uprising in Guyana’s history and one of the largest revolts...
In 1855, Anna Maria Weems escaped to freedom disguised as a man named “Joe Wright.” This fifteen-year-old girl had...
On the night of 2nd March 1795, Julien Fédon, launched a revolution against British rule in Grenada, to abolish the Maafa. The uprising, which continued until June 19, 1796, became known...
Lear Green was an enslaved African American young woman who escaped from Baltimore slaveholder James Noble by hiding...
“There was a militarily gifted and exceptionally daring woman in the front line: Carlota, of Lucumbi origin…” In...
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 Coloured Citizens of the World, a...
In 1851, in Christiana, Pennsylvania, one of the earliest armed confrontations took place between a group of African-Americans...
Charles Ball was an enslaved African-American from Maryland, best known for his account as a fugitive, The Life...
“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, six enslaved African American men –...
Gullah Jack, also known as Couter Jack and sometimes referred to as “Gullah” Jack Pritchard, was an African...
Denmark Vesey (1767 – July 2, 1822) was a free black who masterminded what would have been the...
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…
