The Founding of the South Sea Company
By 1711, England’s burdensome debt of approximately £9 million threatened to damage the country’s credit standing and increase the cost of borrowing. Debt had been...
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Treaties of Utrecht
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The Treaties of Utrecht, also called Peace of Utrecht, (April 1713–September 1714), a series of treaties between France and other European powers (April 11, 1713,...
Asiento de Negros
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The asiento de negros, between the early 16th and the mid-18th century, was an agreement between the Spanish crown and a private person or another...
The South Sea Company and the Slave Trade
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In 1713, Queen Anne of England and King Philip V of Spain signed the Treaty of Utrecht formalizing the end of Great Britain’s involvement in...
How Argentina ‘Eliminated’ Africans From Its History And Conscience
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Tens of millions of black Africans were forcibly removed from their homelands from the 16th century to the 19th century to toil on the plantations...
William Thomas “Keter” Betts
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Legendary jazz bassist William Thomas “Keter” Betts was born July 22, 1928, in Port Chester, New York. While running an errand for his mother while...
Ladinos and Bozales: A Brief Early History of Africans in Colombia: 1500-1800
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Few people realize that the percentage of people of African ancestry in the South American nation of Colombia (7%) is slightly more than half the...
Hannah Elias
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Hannah Elias was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, one of nine children of mixed-race parents. In 1884, at the age of 19, while working as a...
Zadie Smith
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Zadie Smith, originally Sadie Smith, (born October 27, 1975, London, England), the British author known for her treatment of race, religion, and cultural identity and...
John Henry Lloyd
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Generally considered to be one of the top shortstops in Negro League history, Pop Lloyd enjoyed a 25-year career in which he regularly batted well...