Paul Cuffee
Paul Cuffee, a sea captain and an entrepreneur, was perhaps the wealthiest black American of his time. Cuffee was born on Cuttyhunk Island, off Southern...
Category : History
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...
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...
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...
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...
A Colored Man’s Reminiscences of James Madison
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Paul Jennings is the author of A Colored Man’s Reminiscences of James Madison (1865), a memoir about his service as an enslaved footman in the...
The American Colonization Society
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The American Colonization Society was an organization formed in 1816 with the purpose of transporting free blacks from the United States to settle on the...
Meet The Man Behind This Powerful Image
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The Legacy of Gordon: A Story of Resilience and Forgotten Lives The photograph of Gordon, also known as Peter, stands as one of the most...
Birth Control Methods and Herbal Remedies Used by Plantation Slaves
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It is important to remember that slaves were cared for in the same manner as a slave owner cared for their livestock. Although slaveholders provided...
Royal African Company
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In West Africa, where the tapestry of history was profoundly woven with Europe’s commercial ambitions, a vibrant gold trade flourished long before the Age of...