Slavery in the US

Joseph Cinque, a Captured Slave, Led the Amistad Slave Revolt on this day in 1839

Joseph Cinque (Sengbe Pieh) was a Sierra Leonean slave who led an uprising on the Spanish slave ship, La Amistad. Later Pieh and the other slaves involved in the revolt were put on trial for the death of two...
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Mary Peake: The Teacher Who Started a School Under a Tree for Children of Former Slaves in 1861

In the fall of 1861, Mary Peake began teaching Black children who had escaped slavery in Virginia. Her classroom...