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Timothy Meaher, the Man Who Smuggled the Last Enslaved Africans Into the United States

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Timothy Meaher was responsible for smuggling 110 African men, women, and children into the United States in 1860.
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Operation Anvil: the British Military Operation That Imprisoned and Tortured Kenyans During the Mau Mau Uprising

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Operation Anvil was a British military operation during the Mau Mau Uprising where British troops rounded up over 20,000 suspected Mau Mau rebels.
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Kinjikitile Ngwale, the Tanzanian Spiritual Leader Who Was Hanged for Leading a Rebellion Against German Colonial Rule

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Kinjikitile Ngwale was a Tanzanian spiritual leader that led an armed rebellion of Islamic and animist Africans against German colonial rule in German East Africa in 1905
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Nat Turner, the Preacher Who Led a Slave Rebellion in Virginia in 1831

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Nat Turner was an enslaved African-American preacher who led a rebellion of enslaved and free Black people in Southampton County, Virginia, in 1831.
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António I of Kongo, the African King Who Was Beheaded for Refusing to Cede His Country’s Mines to Portugal

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António I of Kongo (António I Nvita a Nkanga) was a King of the Kingdom of Kongo who ruled from 1661 to his defeat and death at the Battle of Mbwila.
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Force Publique, the Brutal Army Used by Belgian King Leopold II to Commit His Crimes in Congo

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King Leopold's Force Publique had one major purpose and that was to enforce the rubber quotas and other forms of forced labour on the people of congo.
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Omar Ibn Sayyid, the Fula Islamic Scholar Who Was Captured and Sold in the United States in 1807

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Omar ibn Sayyid was a Fula Islamic scholar from Futa Toro in Senegal, who was enslaved and transported to the United States in 1807.
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Ganga Zumba, the Runaway Slave Who Founded His Own African State in Brazil

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Ganga Zumba was an African royal who escaped enslavement and established the massive runaway slave settlement of Quilombo dos Palmares
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Hendrik Witbooi, the Nama Chief Who Led a Revolt Against German Colonial Rule in Namibia

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Kaptein Hendrik Witbooi was a chief of the Khowesin people who led the Nama people during their revolts against the German colonial government.
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Jack the Signalman: The South African Baboon Who Worked as a Railroad Assistant and Never Made a Mistake

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Jack was a baboon who attained some fame for working as an assistant to a double leg amputee railway signalman in South Africa in the late 1800's.
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“Slaves, Obey Your Masters”: How the Church Used the Bible to Break the Spirit of Enslaved Africans and Instill Docility

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