Slavery
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Modern Slavery: 10 Shocking Facts About Slavery In Mauritania
Slavery in Mauritania is not a thing of the past. The practice persists to this day despite laws abolishing and criminalizing it
History
Fighting Slavery With Suicide: The Fascinating Story of the Kru People of Liberia
The Kru or Kroo are a West African ethnic group who are indigenous to eastern Liberia. During the Slave trade era, they were also infamous amongst early European slave raiders as being especially averse to capture
History
Chief Amodu Tijani: This Yoruba Chief Took Britain to Court in 1921 for Stealing His Land and Won a Huge Compensation
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Chief Amodu Tijani Oluwa, also known as simply Amodu Tijani, was a Nigerian traditional chief who cane to prominence in the high colonial period, when he took the British colonial government to court in 1921 for appropriating his land in Apapa.
History
Issac Woodard: the African-American Veteran Who Was Attacked and Blinded by Police Officers in 1946
Isaac Woodard Jr. was a decorated World War II veteran who was brutally beaten and blinded while still on uniform on February 12, 1946, just hours after he was honorably discharged from the United States Army.
History
Charles Sumner, the US Senator Who Was Almost Killed for Speaking Against Slavery
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The Beating of Charles Sumner, occurred on May 22, 1856, in the United States Senate chamber, when Preston Brooks, used a walking cane to attack Senator Charles Sumner.
History
Tippu Tip: East Africa’s Most Powerful and Richest Slave Trader in the 18th Century
Tippu Tip was an Arab–Zanzibari slave trader who sold tens of thousands of people into bondage in the Arabian peninsula and beyond.
History
James Derham, the first African American to Practice Medicine in the United States
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Dr. James Durham has been widely acknowledged as the first recognized African American to practice medicine in the United States.
History
Thomas-Alexandre Dumas: the First Black General in the French Army
Thomas-Alexandre Dumas is the first ever black man to lead a European army. He was the first person of color in the French military to become brigadier general, the first to become divisional general, and the first to become general-in-chief of a French army.
History
Caty Louette, the most Powerful Female Slave Trader in Senegal’s Gorée Island in the 1800s
Caty Louette, was one of the most powerful female slave trader on Goree Island, a tiny, island off the coast of Dakar, in Senegal
History
Ancient African Cities That Were Destroyed and Looted by Europeans
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In 1505 Portuguese forces led by Francisco de Almeida destroyed, burned down and occupied the Swahili city of Kilwa bringing the sultanate to an end after it refused to pay tribute.
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Denmark Vesey: The Black Leader Executed for Planning a Slave Revolt in U.S. in 1822
Denmark Vesey was a self-educated Black man who was hanged alongside his co-conspirators for planning what is today regarded as the most extensive slave rebellion in U.S. history.