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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...

Willie Francis: The Tragic Tale of The Teenager Who Was Executed Twice

Willie Francis was an African American teenager sentenced to death in 1945 after a flawed murder trial. At 17, he survived a botched execution, becoming the first known person to survive the electric chair. However, his appeals failed, and...

Elizabeth Eckford: The Teenager Who Endured a Year of Torment for Enrolling in an All-White School

Elizabeth Eckford, born on October 4, 1941, was one of the Little Rock Nine, the first group of African American students to integrate Little Rock Central High School in Arkansas in 1957. Her bravery became iconic when, on September...

The Life and Career of Sissieretta Jones: The Highest-Paid Black Performer in the Late 19th Century

Sissieretta Jones, also known as the “Black Patti,” was a renowned African American soprano and the highest-paid Black performer of the late 19th century. Trained in classical music, she captivated audiences from the White House to the grand stages...

The New Britannia Uprising of 1773: The Untold Story of When Enslaved Africans Blew Up a Slave Ship to Escape Slavery

The transatlantic slave trade was built on extreme violence, but it was never without resistance. From the moment of capture to the brutal conditions aboard slave ships, enslaved Africans fought back in every way they could. Revolts were frequent,...

Thomas Moss: The Black Entrepreneur Who Was Lynched by a White Mob and Robbed of His Business in 1892

Thomas Moss was a successful Black entrepreneur and postman in Memphis, Tennessee, known for co-owning the People’s Grocery, a thriving business that provided an alternative to white-owned stores in the area. In 1892, Moss was falsely accused of inciting...

Wiriyamu Massacre of 1972: The Little-Known Portuguese Massacre in Mozambique That Claimed 300 Lives

The Wiriyamu Massacre, also known as Operation Marosca, was a mass killing of civilians carried out by Portuguese soldiers in December 1972 in the village of Wiriyamu, located in Mozambique’s Tete Province. The massacre was part of Portugal’s brutal...
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The Untold Story of Shields Green: The Abolitionist Who Was Hanged for Attempting to Free Enslaved Africans

Shields Green, also known as “Emperor,” was one of the most enigmatic figures in the fight against slavery in...
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