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Rev George Bourne: The American Preacher Kicked Out of His Church for Preaching Against Slavery in 1815

In 1815, when slavery was still widely accepted in American society and often ignored by the church, George Bourne spoke out against it. He was the first American pastor to be removed from his position for opposing slavery and...

The Untold Story of Henrietta Duterte: The Woman Who Used Her Mortuary to Help Enslaved Africans Escape Slavery

Henrietta Smith Bowers Duterte was a pioneering African-American funeral home owner, philanthropist, and courageous abolitionist from Philadelphia who turned her profession into a powerful tool of resistance, smuggling freedom through the very rituals meant to honor the dead. She...

Shelburne Riots: The 1784 Race Riot That Targeted the Homes of Formerly Enslaved Africans in Canada

In the summer of 1784, the quiet town of Shelburne, Nova Scotia, was thrown into chaos, not by war or natural disaster, but by a violent, racially charged riot led by white Loyalist settlers. Over several days, mobs looted,...

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, 1914, for opposing Germany’s plan to seize ancestral lands and forcibly displace his people to make way for a European-only...

Rev. James Thornwell: The Pastor Who Preached Slavery as God’s Will and Called Abolitionists Enemies of Christianity

Rev. James Henley Thornwell was a prominent 19th-century Presbyterian pastor who believed that slavery was morally right and fully justified by the teachings of Christianity. A staunch supporter of the Confederacy, Thornwell argued that those who opposed slavery, particularly...

Cannibalism on the High Seas: The Forgotten Horror of the Arrogante Slave Ship

In 1837, a Portuguese slave ship named Arrogante was intercepted off the coast of Cuba by the British Royal Navy’s HMS Snake. What at first seemed like a typical enforcement of Britain’s anti-slavery patrols soon spiraled into one of...

Private Felix Hall: The Black Soldier Lynched on a U.S. Military Base in 1941

On the morning of March 28, 1941, deep in a wooded ravine at Fort Benning, Georgia, the lifeless body of Private Felix Hall was discovered. He had been hanging from a tree by a noose, his hands tied behind...

Zappo Zaps: The Mercenaries Who Enforced King Leopold’s Deadly Rubber Quota in the Congo Free State

From 1885 to 1908, DR Congo was transformed into a massive forced labor camp. This territory, then known as the Congo Free State, was unlike any other colony in Africa. It wasn’t controlled by a government or a European...

Duluth lynchings: How a White Girl’s False Accusation Led to the Lynching of Three Black Circus Workers in 1920

On the night of June 15, 1920, a white mob in Duluth, Minnesota, dragged three African-American circus workers from jail, Elias Clayton, Elmer Jackson, and Isaac McGhie, and lynched them in front of thousands. The men had been falsely...

Remembering Ruth First: The Woman Who Was Assassinated by South African Police for Opposing Apartheid

Ruth First was a journalist, activist, and scholar who dedicated her life to exposing the cruelty of apartheid in South Africa. Unafraid to challenge the regime, she used words as weapons against injustice. Her bold resistance made her a...

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Mr Madu is a freelance writer, a lover of Africa and a frequent hiker who loves long, vigorous walks, usually on hills or mountains.
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Rev. Elijah Parish Lovejoy: The First White American Killed for Standing Against Slavery

Elijah Parish Lovejoy was a white preacher with a printing press and a dangerous habit, telling the truth about...
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