french colonialism

Donatien de Rochambeau: The French General Who Sent Africans to Their Death in the World’s First Gas Chambers in Haiti

The Haitian Revolution was a shockingly brutal conflict. While the Haitian people were prepared to fight to the end for their freedom, the French army was determined to use extreme brutality to put down the slave uprising. One figure...

Ahmadou Bamba: The Senegalese Leader Exiled by the French for Inciting “Anti-Colonial Disobedience” in 1895

Ahmadou Bamba, also known to followers as "The Servant of the Messenger" and Serigne Touba or "Sheikh of Touba," was a religious leader in Senegal and the founder of the large Mouride Brotherhood (the Muridiyya) who was exiled by...
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Seneca Village: The Thriving Black Settlement in New York That Was Demolished to Build Central Park

Long before Central Park became New York City’s most iconic green space, its land was home to a thriving,...