The Global Trade in African Slaves
A Brutal Legacy of Exploitation The trade in African slaves represents one of the most profound and devastating episodes in human history, spanning centuries and...
Category : History
The United States Colored Troops
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Forging Freedom on the Battlefield In the crucible of the American Civil War, a force emerged that not only bolstered the Union Army’s ranks but...
Kaffir
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The word “Kaffir“—often pluralized as “Kaffirs”—carries a heavy historical burden. What began as a neutral or religious descriptor in Arabic has evolved into one of...
Mahatma Gandhi
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Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, revered as the “Mahatma” (Great Soul) and the Father of the Indian Nation, was a transformative leader whose philosophy of nonviolent resistance,...
China’s Opium Wars
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The Opium Wars, a pair of mid-19th-century conflicts between the Qing Dynasty of China and Western powers—primarily Great Britain—marked a pivotal turning point in modern...
David Livingstone
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David Livingstone was born on March 19, 1813, in Blantyre, Lanarkshire, Scotland, the second of seven children to devout parents Neil Livingstone, a tea salesman...
Vasco da Gama
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Vasco da Gama, born around 1460 in Sines, Portugal, to a noble family—his father, Estêvão da Gama, a knight and fortress commander, and mother Isabel...
Preston John Porter Jr.15 – Lynched in Limon, Colorado
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On November 16, 1900, a mob of over 300 white residents from across Lincoln County dragged 15-year-old Black teenager Preston “John” Porter Jr. from a...
Andrew Jackson
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Andrew Jackson was born on March 15, 1767, in the Waxhaws region, a rural frontier area straddling the border between North and South Carolina. The...
The Dark Legacy of Compulsory Sterilization
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America’s Eugenics War on Black Women’s Bodies (Early 1900s–1970s) In the shadow of the American Dream, a nightmare unfolded for thousands of Black women across...