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In 1803, 75 enslaved Igbo Africans, mostly from an area that is now known as Nigeria, were brought to the United States where they were sold to work on plantations along the Georgia coast, according to the National Museum of African American History & Culture. The enslaved Africans were then put on the York, a […]
“Clotilda” descendants and community activists. Photo: Courtesy of Netflix A documentary about the last known U.S. slave ship to bring captives from Africa has been shortlisted for an
Mary FieldsPhoto byUnknown; Public Domain Mary Fields (1832 – 1914) was a former slave who was born in Tennessee and then freed during the American Civil War. Mary was no ordinary woman. As an adult, she was 6 feet tall and weighed about 200 pounds. She could also be hard-edged and was
Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte talks to invited guests after apologizing on behalf of his government for the Netherlands’ historical role in slavery and the slave trade at the National Archives in The Hague, Monday, Dec. 19, 2022. Peter Dejong/AP hide caption toggle caption Peter Dejong/AP Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte talks to invited guests […]
CNN — One of America’s most prolific slave trading ports is to open as a museum after more than two decades of planning in Charleston, South Carolina. The International African American Museum
“Mankind is so fallen that no man can be trusted with unchecked power over his fellows. Aristotle said that some people were only fit to be slaves. I do not contradict him. But I reject slavery because I see no men fit to be masters” – CS Lewis (1898 – 1963), Equality, 1943 […]
Gadsden’s Wharf, in Charleston, South Carolina, was once the largest slave port in the United States. More than 40% of all enslaved Africans first stepped foot in the US through the dock; more than 100,000 people during the peak of the international trade. Today, the new International African American Museum (IAAM) is being constructed in […]
Déthié Faye, one of the students who took part in the archaeological dives near Senegal’s Gorée Island. (Guy Peterson for The Washington Post) Off the coast of Senegal, a Smithsonian-sponsored program is training divers to explore and document sunken slave ships November 17, 2022 at 2:00 a.m. EST Comment on this story Comment GORÉE ISLAND, […]
That old phrase “history is written by the victors” has always been a fraught equation, especially when that history – constructed by those in control of the official archive – has the power to diminish or outright erase those who don’t fit the preferred narrative. It’s an issue that strikes at the heart of Western […]
“I can see that the different African blocs, lusophone [Portuguese-speaking], anglophone and francophone, evolve at different paces. The anglophone bloc is way ahead, thanks to artists from Nigeria and black artists in the UK and US.” In Britain, in recent years, the work of Keith Piper, Lubaina Himid, Sonia Boyce, Hew Locke, Chris Ofili or […]