The Boer
The Boer, (Dutch: “husbandman,” or “farmer”), was a South African of Dutch, German, or Huguenot descent, especially one of the early settlers of the Transvaal...
Author : joe bodego
Cape Verde
02113
The history of Cape Verde is typical and yet unique for its location. For three centuries, the islands were a setting for the transatlantic slave...
Igbo
03045
Igbo, also called Ibo, are people living chiefly in southeastern Nigeria who speaks Igbo, a language of the Benue-Congo branch of the Niger-Congo language family....
William B. Gould
01558
William B. Gould was born into slavery in Wilmington, N.C. in 1837. During the Civil War, Gould escaped with seven others on September 21, 1862,...
SÃO TOMÉ ISLAND
01263
São Tomé Island, located in the Gulf of Guinea, is the largest island of São Tomé and Príncipe. With its rich history, diverse culture, and...
Where did American slavery come from?
01066
Sweeping questions like that rarely yield clear answers, least of all from nuance-loving historians like me. In my classes, I point carefully to Classical, Christian,...
Iberian Slave Trade
01865
Portugal and Spain, under the same monarch until 1640, were the pioneers of the transatlantic slave trade. Iberian ports, such as Lisbon, Seville, and Cádiz,...
Fats Domino
01330
Fats Domino was a pioneering American pianist and singer-songwriter who made a significant impact on the development of rock and roll music. Born Antoine Domino...
Haki Madhubut
01302
Haki R. Madhubuti, formerly known as Don L. Lee, is an African-American poet, author, and educator. He was born on February 23, 1942, in Little...