Lucy Higgs Nichols
Lucy Higgs Nichols was born in Halifax County, North Carolina on April 10, 1838. Lucy, along with her family, was held in chattel slavery by...
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White Mob Lynches Black Man in SC for Allegedly Knocking on White Woman’s Door
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On January 13, 1904, a mob of white people lynched a Black man known as General Lee in Reevesville, South Carolina, for allegedly knocking on...
Mormons confront a history of Church racism
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On June 1, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints – or the Mormons – will celebrate the 40th anniversary of what they believe...
Brigham Young: We Must Believe in Slavery
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Speech by Governor Brigham Young in Joint Session of the Legislature Giving Counsel on a Bill in Relation to African Slavery Salt Lake City, Friday,...
The Demerara Rebellion of 1823
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The Demerara Rebellion of 1823 was an uprising involving more than ten thousand enslaved people in the Crown colony of Demerara-Essequibo (now part of Guyana)...
The Baptist War (1831-1832)
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The Baptist War, also known as the Christmas Rebellion, was an eleven-day rebellion that mobilized as many as sixty thousand of Jamaica’s three hundred thousand...
The Mayfield Ten
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Established in 1908, Mayfield High School was the white high school in Mayfield Kentucky. Ten students from Dunbar (“Colored”) High School chose to integrate Mayfield...
The Founding of the South Sea Company
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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...
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” refers to a specific type of contract or license that granted exclusive rights to trade and transport African slaves to the...