by DavidZuber | Feb 27, 2022 | African American History, Businesses and Institutions
Belmead is an historic plantation located near Powhatan, Virginia. The plantation’s main residence, a two-story Gothic revival style structure, was built about 1845 and designed by the architect Alexander Jackson Davis. In 1860, 124 enslaved people toiled on the...
by BrackNaomii | Feb 22, 2022 | African American History, People
Henry E. Hayne was the second African American to serve as the South Carolina Secretary of State after Francis Cardozo. He held that post from 1872 to 1877. Hayne is also known as the first African American student to attend the University of South Carolina. Hayne was...
by MomoduSamuel | Feb 16, 2022 | African American History, Concepts
The earliest evidence of African Americans as cattle herders (cowboys) in North America can be traced back to colonial South Carolina, where stock grazers from what is now Senegal in West Africa were specifically brought to that colony because of their unique skills....
by DavidZuber | Feb 10, 2022 | African American History, Concepts
The forced removal of Native Americans from the southeastern United States beginning in the 1830s to Indian Territory west of the Mississippi River is known as the Trail of Tears. Under British colonial rule and continuing during the first decades of American...
by ManosKarousos | Feb 9, 2022 | African American History, Events
On Friday, August 21, 1863, the Lawrence Massacre, also known as Quantrill’s Raid, took place. It was a battle between the Free Staters of Lawrence and the supporters of slavery living in Missouri. The result of this bloody confrontation was the death of about...
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