History

In 1915, after the lynching of President Vilbrun Guillaume Sam, U.S. Marines landed in Port-au-Prince and placed Philippe Sudre Dartiguenave at the head of...

Born the son of a slave in Georgia, Eugene Bullard found in France the freedom that America denied him. A legionnaire at Verdun, the...

Adopted by the British Parliament in March 1807, the Slave Trade Act prohibited the slave trade within the British Empire. The result of nearly...

The history of the enslavement of African peoples is complex and often misunderstood. Correcting these misconceptions is essential to fostering a more accurate and...

On February 19, 1794, the Battle of Acul, near Petit-Goâve, took place during one of the most complex moments of the Haitian Revolution, at...

Founded in 1788 on the eve of the French Revolution, the Society of the Friends of the Blacks was the first structured abolitionist organization...

In 1834, a few hundred African Americans landed at Cape Palmas, on the western coast of Africa. Their ambition was immense: to found a...

On February 9, 1965, Malcolm X, an iconic figure of Black Power, was turned back at the French border. Officially for a “risk of...

In this third part of our exploration of African survivals in Caribbean culture, we delve into the heart of the practices and customs that...