Slave Market
In the 17th century, the establishment of European settlements in the Americas marked the beginning of a significant shift in labor practices and the economy....
Category : History
A Slave was behind Jack Daniel’s Recipe
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The recent admission by Jack Daniel’s whiskey makers that a Tennessee slave, Nearis Green, was behind its legendary recipe has shed new light on the...
Dr. Vanessa Northington Gamble
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Dr. Vanessa Northington Gamble is a physician and historian of medicine. Raised in a poor neighborhood in West Philadelphia in the 1950s, she has become...
James Forten
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A Life Dedicated to Abolition and Social Reform James Forten, a prominent businessman, abolitionist, and advocate for social justice, was born free in Philadelphia in...
Azellia White
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Born in Gonzales, Texas in 1913, Azellia White followed her husband Hulon “Pappy” White to Alabama as he pursued a career as a mechanic with...
Joseph Cinque
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Joseph Cinque, a prominent figure in the history of the transatlantic slave trade, was born into the Mende community in the village of Mani, located...
Greenbury Logan
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Greenbury Logan (ca. 1798–ca. 1868). Greenbury (Greenberry) Logan, a free black and soldier who fought in the Texas Revolution, was born into slavery about 1798...
James Armistead
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James Armistead was born into slavery around 1760 on a plantation in New Kent, Virginia, where he spent much of his early life bound to...
Treaty of Tordesillas
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Treaty of Tordesillas, (June 7, 1494), an agreement between Spain and Portugal aimed at settling conflicts over lands newly discovered or explored by Christopher Columbus...