Lei Áurea (Golden Law)
The Lei Áurea (Portuguese pronunciation: ; from Portuguese: Golden Law), adopted on May 13, 1888, was the law that abolished slavery in Brazil. It was signed by Isabel, Princess Imperial…
André Pinto Rebouças
André Pinto Rebouças (13 January 1838 – 9 April 1898) was a Brazilian military engineer, abolitionist and inventor, son of Antônio Pereira Rebouças (1798–1880) and Carolina Pinto Rebouças. Lawyer, member…
Luís Gama
Luís Gonzaga Pinto da Gama (21 June 1830 – 24 August 1882) was a Brazilian rábula (self-taught lawyer), abolitionist, orator, journalist and writer, and the Patron of the abolition of…
Freedom House Ambulance Service
Freedom House Ambulance Service was the first emergency medical service in the United States to be staffed by paramedics with medical training beyond basic first aid. Founded in 1967 to…
George McJunkin
George McJunkin (1856–1922) was an African American cowboy, amateur archaeologist and historian. McJunkin discovered the Folsom site in New Mexico in 1908.
African History (Continental)
African North And South American History After Slave Trade
Science And Early Humans
Oryza Glaberrima
Oryza glaberrima, commonly known as African rice, is one of the two domesticated rice species. It was first domesticated and grown in West Africa around 3,000 years ago. In agriculture,…
Chief Rabbi Of Israel Compares Africans To Monkeys
2018 Edit On 18 March 2018, Yosef allegedly likened people of black African descent to monkeys.He was speaking on the topic of the Meshaneh HaBriyot blessing in the Talmud concerning…
Stephen Wiltshire
Stephen Wiltshire MBE, Hon.FSAI, Hon.FSSAA (born 24 April 1974) is a British architectural artist and autistic savant. He is known for his ability to draw a landscape from memory after…
Mary Ellen Pleasant
Mary Ellen Pleasant (August 19, 1814 – January 11, 1904) was a 19th-century entrepreneur, financier, real estate magnate and abolitionist. She was arguably the first self-made millionaire of African-American heritage,…
Battle of Fort Pillow
The Battle of Fort Pillow, also known as the Fort Pillow massacre, was fought on April 12, 1864, at Fort Pillow on the Mississippi River in Henning, Tennessee, during the…