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J. Marion Sims: The Surgeon Who Built the First Hospital for Black Women in the US to Exploit Their Bodies

J. Marion Sims was a 19th-century American physician who came to be celebrated as the “father of modern gynecology.” But behind his medical legacy lies a deeply disturbing truth. Sims built his reputation by experimenting on enslaved Black women...

The Jesus Maria Slave Ship: Remembering Its Cruel Legacy and the Africans It Brutalized

The Jesus Maria was a Spanish slave ship operating in the early 19th century during the height of the transatlantic slave trade. Named after two of Christianity’s most sacred figures, Jesus and Mary, the ship was anything but holy....

Léon Rom: The Belgian Officer Who Used the Skulls of Africans to Decorate His Garden in Leopold’s Congo

Léon Rom was a Belgian colonial officer who served in the Congo Free State during the late 19th century and became notorious for his brutality. As a commander in King Leopold II’s Force Publique, Rom reportedly decorated his station...

George Whitefield: The English Preacher Who Funded His Orphanage by Enslaving Africans on His Plantation

George Whitefield is remembered as one of the most influential preachers of the 18th century. A co-founder of Methodism alongside John and Charles Wesley and a major force in the First Great Awakening, Whitefield’s legacy is often told as...

From Stono to Nat Turner: These Are the 10 Most Explosive Slave Rebellions in U.S. History

Throughout the brutal centuries of American slavery, resistance was as common as the oppression itself. Enslaved Africans did not passively accept their bondage; they rebelled, sometimes in open defiance, other times in carefully organized revolts that struck at the...

Wrongfully Arrested Then Lynched: The 1934 Killing of Robert Johnson in Jim Crow Florida

In late January 1934, Robert Johnson, a 40-year-old Black man, was wrongly arrested for assaulting a white woman in Tampa, Florida. Although the police eventually cleared him of any involvement, a white mob seized him and lynched him before...

The Society for the Conversion of Negro Slaves: How the Bible Was Used to Enforce Obedience in the British West Indies

The Society for the Conversion of Negro Slaves was a British missionary organization established in the late 18th century, under the leadership of Anglican Bishop Beilby Porteus. Its primary aim was to replace African spiritual beliefs with Christian doctrines...

The Brutal Lynching of George Armwood for Allegedly Assaulting a White Woman in 1933

On October 18, 1933, George Armwood, a 23-year-old African American labourer, was lynched in Princess Anne, Maryland, in what would be the last recorded lynching in the state. Like many before him, Armwood’s death was not the result of...

“Slaves, Obey Your Masters”: How the Church Used the Bible to Break the Spirit of Enslaved Africans and Instill Docility

In the brutal world of slavery, where whips tore skin and families were auctioned, and bred like cattle, the most powerful weapon wasn’t always the lash, it was the Bible. Through sermons, laws, and redacted scripture, Christianity which was...

Fancy Girls: How Light-Skinned Enslaved Girls Were Bought and Sold for Sex in 19th Century America

The term “fancy girls” refers to light-skinned enslaved biracial or african girls who were sold for the purpose of sexual exploitation and concubinage during the antebellum period in the United States. These young girls, many of them barely into their...

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Rudolf Duala Manga Bell: The African King Executed by Germany for Standing Against the Displacement of His People

Rudolf Duala Manga Bell, was a visionary monarch, legal strategist, and resistance leader who was executed on August 8,...
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