European slave traders
European slave traders played a key role in the transatlantic slave trade, which lasted for over 400 years and resulted in the forced migration of...
Author : joe bodego
African Chiefs role in the Trans Atlantic Slave Trade
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The transatlantic slave trade was a complex and multi-faceted system that involved a wide range of individuals, groups, and institutions. While African chiefs did play...
Isaac Franklin
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Isaac Franklin, born on May 26, 1789, in Sumner County, Tennessee (not Virginia, as sometimes misstated), was a prominent and notorious American slave trader who...
John Armfield
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John Armfield (1797–1871) was a prominent American slave trader whose operations in the early 19th century made him one of the most notorious figures in...
Franklin and Armfield
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A Dark Chapter in American History In the early 19th century, as the United States expanded its economic and territorial reach, the domestic slave trade...
Slave Quarters
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The term slave quarters (also known as slave cabins) refers to the rudimentary housing provided for enslaved African and African American people on plantations, farms,...
Plantation Tourism
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Plantation tourism, also known as heritage tourism or historic tourism, is a type of tourism that focuses on visiting and exploring historic plantations. Plantations are...
Eunice Rivers
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Eunice Rivers was an African-American nurse who played a significant role in the Tuskegee Syphilis Study, a medical research project that took place between 1932...
School Busing
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School busing, also known as mandatory busing or court-ordered busing, is a policy that was implemented in the United States in the 1970s as a...
Hazel Bryan
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Hazel Bryan was a white high school student in Little Rock, Arkansas, who gained notoriety for her role in the Little Rock Nine crisis of...