The East African Arab Slave Trade
The East African Arab Slave Trade, also known as the Indian Ocean Slave Trade, was a significant and devastating chapter in the history of Africa....
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Buck Franklin
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Buck Franklin was an attorney in Tulsa, Oklahoma, who is most notably known for defending the survivors of the Tulsa Race Riot of 1921. He...
How a long-dead white supremacist still threatens the future of Virginia’s Indian tribes
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Virginia’s Indian tribes have faced numerous obstacles in their decades-old quest for federal recognition. But one person has long stood in their way — and...
Less than a century ago, 20,000 people traveled to Kentucky to see a white woman hang a black man
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Daviess County sheriff Florence Thompson had held the position for only a few months when the Rainey Bethea case landed on her desk. Bethea had...
Anthony Crawford
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In Abbeville South Carolina Saturday, October 21, 1916, a white mob lynched a black leader named Anthony Crawford for cursing a white man. A 56-year-old...
Scars of Gordon, a whipped Louisiana slave, 1863
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The famous “whipped slave” photograph pictures the runaway slave Gordon exposing his severely whipped back to the camera of two itinerant photographers, William D. McPherson...
Ax Handle Saturday
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More than 200 white people wielding baseball bats and ax handles chased African Americans through the streets of downtown Jacksonville, trying to beat them into...
São João Baptista de Ajudá
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The “ Fortress of São João Baptista de Ajudá ”, also referred to as “ Feitoria de Ajudá ” or simply “ Ajudá ”, is...
Francisco Félix de Souza
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Francisco Félix de Souza, born likely in 1768, stands as a complex and controversial figure in the history of the transatlantic slave trade. His life...
The Miskito People
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The Miskito people are an indigenous ethnic group primarily located in the Miskito Coast region of Nicaragua and Honduras. They are known for their unique...