San Miguel de Gualdape
San Miguel de Gualdape (sometimes San Miguel de Guadalupe) is a former Spanish colony in present-day South Carolina, founded in 1526 by Lucas Vázquez de Ayllón. It was the first…
1521 Santo Domingo Slave Revolt
The 1521 Santo Domingo Slave Revolt in the Spanish colony of Santo Domingo on the island of Hispaniola took place around the time of Christmas festivities of 1521. It is…
Gloucester County Conspiracy
The Gloucester County Conspiracy (September 1663), also known as the Servant’s Plot or Birkenhead’s Rebellion, is one of the first slave rebellions in America. This event set the stage for…
Béhanzin Hossu Bowelle
Béhanzin , born 1844 and died 10 December 1906 , in Blida , Algeria ), was the twelfth and last sovereign king of Dahomey , present-day Benin . He succeeded…
Dahomey Amazons
The Dahomey Amazons (Fon:”Mino” or “Minon“) were a Fon all-female military regiment of the Kingdom of Dahomey which existed until 1904. They were so named by Western observers and historians…
Lewis Howard Latimer
Lewis Howard Latimer (September 4, 1848 – December 11, 1928) was a inventor and patent draftsman. His inventions included an evaporative air conditioner, an improved process for manufacturing carbon filaments…
Code Noir
The Code Noir (French pronunciation: , Black Code) was a decree passed by the French King Louis XIV in 1685 defining the conditions of slavery in the French colonial empire.
Mathieu da Costa
Mathieu da Costa (sometimes d’Acosta) was a member of the exploring party of Pierre Dugua, the Sieur de Monts, and Samuel de Champlain that travelled from France to the New…
Maria P. Williams
Maria Priscilla Thurston Williams (1866–1932) is credited as the first Black woman film producer for the silent crime drama The Flames of Wrath in 1923.
Elizabeth Carter Brooks
Elizabeth Carter Brooks (1867-1951) was an American educator, social activist and architect. She was passionate about helping other African Americans achieve personal success and was one of the first to…