Machi Onwubuariri

Anne Marie Becraft: The 15-Year-Old Who Founded Georgetown’s First School for Black Girls in 1820

Anne Marie Becraft was an influential 19th-century American educator and one of the first African-American nuns in the Catholic Church. Born in 1805 to a free Black Catholic family in Washington, D.C., she founded the first school for Black...

The Christmas Panic of 1765: How a Slave Revolt Rumor Disrupted Christmas in Charleston

In December 1765, Charleston, South Carolina, was thrown into chaos when rumors of an impending slave insurrection by enslaved Africans disrupted the city’s Christmas festivities. The fear of rebellion cast a shadow over the season’s celebrations, leaving white residents...

Harry and Harriette Moore: The First Martyrs of the Civil Rights Movement in the United States

In 1951, Harry and Harriette, were killed in their home when a bomb detonated just under their bedroom. The first martyrs of the civil rights movement in the US

Prince William Ansah: The Ghanaian Prince Sold into Slavery on His Way to School in England

Prince William Ansah's family was one of the most influential in the 18th-century Gold Coast (now Ghana) and they engaged in human trafficking with the English, French, Dutch, and Portuguese. It was a booming business around that era. Prince William...

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The Spine-Chilling Execution of Ben: The Slave Whose Death Revealed the Depths of Slavery’s Inhumanity in the US

Slavery in America was one of the darkest chapters in its history, built on violence, fear, and dehumanization. Plantation...
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