African history

Benin Museum ‘Petit Musee de la Recade’ Receives Over 20 Looted Artifacts from France

Artifacts including but not limited to scepter, and objects of worship that were stolen by France during its colonial occupation of Benin have been returned to the West African nation of cotonou. The Artifacts were Looted from the Kingdom of...

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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The Devil of Haiti: Jean-Baptiste de Caradeux, the French Slaver Nicknamed “The Cruel” for His Brutality Against Enslaved Africans

Jean-Baptiste de Caradeux de La Caye remains one of the most despised figures in the history of French Saint-Domingue,...