The 555th Parachute Infantry Battalion
The 555th Parachute Infantry Battalion was activated as a result of a recommendation made in December 1942 by the Advisory Committee on Negro Troop Policies,...
The Freedmen’s Savings and Trust Company
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The Freedmen’s Savings and Trust Company commonly referred to as The Freedmen’s Bank, was incorporated on March 3, 1865. It was created by the United...
Dr. Alvin Vincent Blount, Jr.
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Medical surgeon Dr. Alvin Vincent Blount, Jr. was born on February 24, 1922, in Wake County, Raleigh, North Carolina. He was the eldest of four...
Cap-Haïtien
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Cap-Haïtien also called Le Cap, city, northern Haiti. Founded in 1670 by the French, the city was then known as Cap-Français and gained early renown...
Henry Christophe
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Henry Christophe, born into slavery on Grenada, rose through sheer determination to become a pivotal figure in Haiti’s fight for independence. Illiterate and unschooled, he...
Jean-Jacques Dessalines
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Jean-Jacques Dessalines was a key figure in the history of Haiti and played a pivotal role in the country’s struggle for independence. Born into slavery...
Toussaint Louverture
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Toussaint Louverture was a key figure in the Haitian Revolution, which ultimately led to the abolition of slavery and the establishment of Haiti as the...
Gabriel Prosser
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GABRIEL’S INSURRECTION, a slave uprising in Virginia in 1800. The democratic ideals expressed in the slogan of the French Revolution (1789)—”liberty, equality, fraternity”—resonated in France’s...
The Abolition Movement
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As the enslavement of African-Americans became a preferred aspect of the United States’ society, people began questioning the morality of bondage. Throughout the 18th and...
The Free Soil Party
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The Free Soil Party was an American political party that only survived through two presidential elections, in 1848 and 1852. Essentially a single issue reform...