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Annice: The Enslaved Woman Who Drowned Her Children to Deprive Her Master of Future Slaves

On August 23, 1828, Annice became the first enslaved woman known to be executed in Missouri. She was hanged for the murder of five children—including two of her own—whom she drowned in a desperate act of defiance against slavery....

Lemuel Walters: The Man Lynched in 1919 for Dating a White Woman

Lemuel Walters was a Black man in Longview, Texas, who was lynched in June 1919 after being accused of making “indecent advances” toward a white woman. His murder was one of the many acts of racial violence that erupted...

John Punch: The First African to Receive a Life Sentence of Slavery in America

John Punch, born around 1605 in Angola, holds a significant place in American history as the first person in British colonial America to be legally sentenced to lifelong servitude as punishment for a "crime". His case, decided in 1640...

James Meredith: The Student Whose Enrollment at the University of Mississippi Sparked a Riot and Military Intervention

James Meredith is a civil rights activist, writer, and U.S. Air Force veteran best known for integrating the University of Mississippi in 1962, an act that sparked a deadly riot and forced the U.S. government to deploy thousands of...

The Untold Story of Eroseanna Robinson: The Civil Rights Fighter Who Took on America

Eroseanna Robinson was a force of nature who used bold and often unconventional tactics to challenge segregation, militarism, and racial injustice. From breaking barriers in public spaces to defying the U.S. government itself, Robinson spent her life fighting for...

Bill Richmond: The Story of a Freed Slave Who Became a Boxing Legend in England

Bill Richmond was a formerly enslaved African who gained international recognition in England as a boxer. Freed during the American Revolution, he became known for his tactical fighting style, defeating top opponents and training fighters like Tom Molineaux. Despite...

Calvin Smith: The Wealthy American Planter Who Ran a Slave Breeding Farm for Producing Only Biracial Children

Calvin Smith was a wealthy American planter in the antebellum South who operated a notorious slave breeding farm. His plantation was infamous for its focus on breeding biracial children, or mulattoes, who were often sold at higher prices than...

George Case: The Slave-Trading Mayor Whose Crew Drowned 130 Enslaved Africans for an Insurance Payout

George Case was a British slave trader, businessman, and politician who played a key role in Liverpool’s involvement in the transatlantic slave trade. He was responsible for at least 109 slave voyages, transporting thousands of enslaved Africans to the...

Tarrafal Concentration Camp: The ‘Camp of Slow Death’ Where Portugal Imprisoned African Freedom Fighters in the 1960s

Tarrafal Concentration Camp, also known as the “Camp of Slow Death,” was one of Portugal’s most infamous colonial prisons. Located in the village of Chão Bom on the island of Santiago in Cape Verde, Africa, it was established in...

The Tryal Slave Ship Rebellion of 1805 and Its Brutal Aftermath

The Tryal Rebellion of 1805 is one of the lesser-known but significant accounts of shipboard resistance against slavery. It took place in the South Pacific, off the coast of Chile, involving a group of Senegalese who were being transported...
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Rev. Daniel Worth: The Pastor Sentenced to One Year in Jail for Speaking Out Against American Slavery

In the slaveholding South, even words could be treated as weapons. Preaching against slavery or distributing antislavery literature was...
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