Slave Revolts
La Mulatresse Solitude (ca 1772-1802)
La Mulatresse Solitude (the Mulatto Solitude) is a national hero on the French Caribbean islands of Guadeloupe. Although very little...
Little George Ship Revolt (1730)
The Little George Ship Revolt took place on the British ship Little George in June 1730. The little-known revolt was...
Marie-Joseph dite Angelique (1700-1734)
Marie-Joseph dite Angelique was born around the year 1700 in the colony of Madeira, Portugal. It is unclear if she...
Carlotta Lucumi, “La Negra Carlota” (?- 1843)
Carlota Lucumi, a kidnapped African woman, is known as one of the leaders of the slave rebellion at the Triunvirato...
Breffu (?-1734)
Breffu, an African woman from what is now the nation of Ghana, who was enslaved in the Danish West Indies,...
Samuel Sharpe (ca. 1780-1832)
Samuel “Sam” Sharpe (or “Daddy Sharpe”) led a rebellion which led to the end of legal slavery in the British...
Islam and the African Diaspora in the Indian Ocean World
In the following article historian Omar H. Ali explores a lesser-known aspect of the global African Diaspora, the spread of...
Gabriel Prosser (1775-1800)
Gabriel, who often for the sake of convenience is mistakenly referred to as Prosser, was the leader of an unsuccessful...
