by Rozen-WheelerAdam | Aug 24, 2020 | African American History, People
The invention of the fluted or barbed harpoon, which revolutionized the whaling industry, was the brainchild of Lewis Temple, an African American blacksmith and abolitionist born in 1800 in Richmond, Virginia. Historians have not determined whether or not he started...
by Ruthie Fenske | Apr 26, 2020 | African American History, People
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] The Martha Hartway Lawrence Minidoc Martha Hartway was one of the black pioneers of Columbus, Ohio. She was born a slave in Powhatan County, Virginia she believed in September 1858 (the exact date of her birth is unknown)....
by Grace Seyoum | Apr 26, 2020 | African American History, Events
Milliken’s Bend was a small community in Louisiana located on the west bank of the Mississippi River, about 15 miles above Vicksburg. It was near the border of Madison and Carroll Parishes (now East Carroll Parish). Cotton and corn were the primary crops, and...
by Charisse Ursin | Feb 7, 2020 | African American History, Events
In October, 1834 riots broke out in New York City spurred by a confluence of events: the fiery oratory of abolitionist Protestant ministers (many of whom were also nativist and anti-Catholics); the growing social assertiveness of former enslaved people and of...
by FredericksBrendaEllis | Nov 17, 2019 | African American History, People
Mary Virginia Wood is best known as the mother of poet, diarist, and abolitionist Charlotte Forten, but she was also an abolitionist in her own right. Born enslaved in Hertford, Perquimans County, North Carolina, Mary was the eldest of the four daughters of wealthy...
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