The South Sea Company and the Slave Trade
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...
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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, a prominent figure in American history, was born around 1865 and left an indelible mark on the world as an American sex worker...
Zadie Smith
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Zadie Smith, originally Sadie Smith, (born October 27, 1975, in London, England), is the British author known for her treatment of race, religion, and cultural...
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...
Monte Irvin
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Monte Irvin was not the first African-American player in the modern major leagues, but of all the talented players who made the perilous trip from...
Smokey Joe Williams
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“If you have ever witnessed the speed of a pebble in a storm, you have not even then seen the equal of the speed possessed...
Chicago American Giants
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The team was organized by Rube Foster, known as the father of Negro League Baseball, who was inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame...