Category : History

History

Martha Washington

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Martha Washington married a wealthy plantation owner before becoming a widow and inheriting his estate. She wed Colonel George Washington in 1759 and became the...
History

William B. Gould

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William B. Gould was born into slavery in Wilmington, N.C. in 1837. During the Civil War, Gould escaped with seven others on September 21, 1862,...
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SÃO TOMÉ ISLAND

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São Tomé, an African plantation society, and slave trading post lies in the Gulf of Guinea. First discovered around 1470, São Tomé was not officially...