William Gibbons, born around 1825 in Albemarle County, Virginia, was an African American who was enslaved by a professor at the University of Virginia.
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
Ruben Um Nyobè may not be widely known, but he was a significant figure in the African independence movement, fighting passionately for Cameroon’s independence from French colonial rule. His vision for a free and united Cameroon, along with his...
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...
Born in 1709, Mathieu Léveillé was an enslaved African man who endured years of brutal oppression and was ultimately forced to become an executioner in New France (modern-day Canada) as punishment for attempting to escape his shackles.
Before his forced...
Charles Colcock Jones was a slaveholder, and missionary who dedicated his life to teaching the Christian gospel to enslaved people with the specific goal of making them more obedient and submissive.
The story of Marie Joseph Angélique stands as one of the most significant episodes in the history of slavery in Canada, exposing the harsh realities of slavery and the brutal treatment of enslaved people.
Born in 1705, Angélique was an...
During slavery, it was common for families to be torn apart, with husbands, wives, children, and siblings sold to different plantations or regions of the country, sometimes never to see one another again. After gaining their freedom, many of...
In the summer of 1919, a black man named Eli Cooper was lynched in Georgia for allegedly making statements that offended the white community. His words, seen as a threat to the racial hierarchy of the time, ultimately led...
Ne Buela Muanda was a prophet in the spiritual history of the Bakongo people who, around the 1450s, foretold the arrival of the Portuguese and the subsequent spiritual and physical enslavement that the Bakongo and other African tribes would...
William Gibbons, born around 1825 in Albemarle County, Virginia, was an African American who was enslaved by a professor at the University of Virginia.
