Ibn Khaldun
Ibn Khaldun (May 27, 1332 – March 17, 1406) was a towering intellectual figure whose groundbreaking ideas continue to resonate across disciplines. Born in Tunis...
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Victor Schœlcher
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Victor Schœlcher (July 22, 1804 – December 25, 1893) was a French abolitionist, politician, writer, and intellectual whose tireless efforts led to the abolition of...
Queen Victoria
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Queen Victoria (Alexandrina Victoria; 24 May 1819 – 22 January 1901) was Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland from 20 June...
William Lodewyk Crowther
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William Lodewyk Crowther (1817–1885) was a Tasmanian politician, surgeon, and naturalist, born in Haarlem, Netherlands. His family moved to Van Diemen’s Land (now Tasmania) in...
Chevalier de Saint-George
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Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges (December 25, 1745 – June 10, 1799), was a polymath whose extraordinary talents as a composer, violinist, conductor, and fencer...
Louis Delgrès
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Louis Delgrès was a revolutionary military officer and abolitionist born on August 2, 1766, in Saint-Pierre, Martinique. A free man of color, he was the...
Antoine Richepanse
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French General & Colonial Administrator Antoine Richepanse was born into a military family on March 25, 1770, in Metz, France. His father served in the Conti-Dragoon Regiment,...
Sir John Cass
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Sir John Cass, born in February 1661 in Rosemary Lane, City of London, emerged as a pivotal figure in early 18th-century British commerce, politics, and...
William Ewart Gladstone
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William Ewart Gladstone (1809–1898) was a dominant figure in 19th-century British politics, serving as Prime Minister four times (1868–1874, 1880–1885, 1886, 1892–1894). A Liberal statesman,...
The Paradox of Beauty and Brutality: European Enslavement in the Caribbean
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How could European colonizers establish slavery and forced labor in the beautiful natural setting of the Caribbean islands, tearing families apart and subjecting women and...