Category : History
Wentworth Cheswell
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Wentworth Cheswell (11 April 1746 – 8 March 1817) was an African-American teacher, coroner, scrivener, assessor, auditor, moderator, selectman and Justice Of The Peace. He was the only...
Mary Fields
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Mary Fields, also known as Stagecoach Mary, was a remarkable American pioneer who defied societal norms and became the first African American woman to work...
Lillian E. Fishburne
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Lillian E. Fishburne is the first African American woman to become a Rear Admiral in the United States Navy. She is one of only 41...
Maggie Lena Mitchell
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Maggie Lena Mitchell was born in Richmond, Virginia on July 15, 1864. Walker’s mother, Elizabeth Draper, was an assistant cook and her father, Eccles Cuthbert,...
Slave Ship Captains and Crews
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The Harrowing Realities of Slave Ship Captains and Crews The role of a captain aboard a slave ship was one of immense responsibility, though deeply...
Mary Prince (1788-c.1833) The First Woman to Present a Petition to Parliament
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Mary Prince was born in 1788, to an enslaved family in Bermuda. She was sold to a number of brutal owners and suffered from terrible treatment. Prince...
The Slave Ships & Their Voyages
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A Historical Overview The transatlantic slave trade, one of the darkest chapters in human history, involved the transportation of millions of Africans to the Americas...
Captive Africans – The Middle Passage Experience
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Africans subjected to the Middle Passage originated from diverse regions along Africa’s west coast, from Senegambia in the north to the Slave Coast (modern-day Benin...
On the Plantations
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When enslaved Africans arrived in the Americas, they were often alone, separated from their family and community, and unable to communicate with those around them....