African history

Meet Adeniran I, Paramount Chief of Yoruba Descendants in Indiana: The Man Who Practised Law Until he was 106

John Morton-Finney was an American civil rights activist, lawyer, and educator with Nigerian roots who earned eleven academic degrees, including five law degrees. Born to a former slave father and a free mother - whose ancestors were transported from the...

How Enslaved Africans Beating Each Other Senseless Served as a Great Source of Income for their White Masters

While female slaves in the U.S. could be made to sing and dance at their masters whim, male slaves also had the difficult task of fighting for the masters in what was a great source of entertainment and income...
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From Stono to Nat Turner: These Are the 10 Most Explosive Slave Rebellions in U.S. History

Throughout the brutal centuries of American slavery, resistance was as common as the oppression itself. Enslaved Africans did not...