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Victoria Davies Randle, the Nigerian Goddaughter of Queen Victoria

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Victoria Davies was the eldest child of Sara Forbes Bonetta, an Egbado omoba who was gifted to Queen Victoria and James Pinson Labulo Davies, a wealthy Lagos merchant.
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Fenda Lawrence, the African Slave Trader Who Relocated to the US in the 18th Century

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Fenda Lawrence was an African slave trader who operated in the Saloum town of Kaur in present-day Senegal.
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John Chilembwe: the Malawian Reverend Who Led an Uprising Against British Colonial Rule in 1915

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John Chilembwe was a Baptist pastor who aggrieved by the treatment of Africans by the British colonial government's organised an unsuccessful uprising in 1915.
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Abdul Rahman Ibrahima, the Fulani Prince Who Was Enslaved in the United States for 40 Years

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Abdul Rahman Ibrahima was a Fulani prince from the Fouta Djallon region of Guinea, who was captured and sold into slavery in 1788
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Sir Charles Maccarthy: the British Military Governor Whose Skull the Ashantes Made Into a Drinking Cup

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Sir Charles MacCarthy was killed by Ashanti forces in the battle of Nsamankow, with his skull used as a trophy of war.
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Margaret Garner, the Runaway Slave Who Killed Her Own Daughter Rather Than Return Her to Slavery

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Margaret Garner was an enslaved African-American who killed her own daughter rather than allow the child to be returned to slavery.
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Pikworo Slave Camp: the 18th Century Slave Trading Camp in Ghana Where African Slaves Were Auctioned

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The Pikworo slave camp was a slave trading camp in Ghana where enslaved Africans were sold to English, French and Dutch slave traders
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Barbados Slave Code of 1661: the Legal Document That Classified African Slaves as Property

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The Barbados Slave Code of 1661 defined the way of life for slaves in the Caribbean island of Barbados. The Slave Code denied rights to slaves and allowed them to be classified as property instead of human beings.
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Efunsetan Aniwura: the 19th Century Yoruba Slave Trader Who Was Killed by Her Slaves

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Chief Ẹfúnṣetán Aníwúrà is famous for being one of the most powerful slave trader in yoruba land in the 19th century.
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‘Hit the Nigg*r Baby’ – How African-Americans Were Used as Human Targets in the 1880s

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The African Dodger, also known as "Hit the Nigger Baby" was a very popular game in local fairs, carnivals, and circuses in the United States from the 1880s up to the 1960s.
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Abushiri, the East African Slave Trader Who Was Hanged for Fighting Against German Colonialism

Abushiri, was a wealthy merchant and slave-owning plantation owner who is known for Revolting against the German East Africa Company in present-day Tanzania.
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