Slave/Freedmen
The Black Maroons of Florida (1693-1850)
The Black Maroons of Florida, also known as Black Seminoles, Seminole Maroons, and Seminole Freedmen, were a community derived from...
The Malê Rebellion in Brazil (1835)
The Malê Rebellion in Brazil, also known as The Great Revolt, was a Muslim slave rebellion in Salvador, Bahia, Brazil,...
Contraband Relief Association (1862-1865)
At the beginning of the Civil War, there were approximately two million enslaved women. An estimated 500,000 of these women...
Blacks and the Texas Revolution (1835-1836)
As American settlers moved westward in the mid 19tth century they encountered the vast Mexican territory of Texas y Coahuila....
Abraham Galloway (1837-1870)
Abraham Galloway, freedom-fighter, spy, abolitionist, and politician, is an unsung hero of American history. Galloway was born a slave on...
Trail of Tears (1831-1850)
The forced removal of Native Americans from the southeastern United States beginning in the 1830s to Indian Territory west of...
African Americans in the California Gold Rush (1848-1860)
The California Gold Rush, from 1848 to 1860, began after gold was discovered by carpenter and sawmill operator James W....
The Lawrence Massacre: Quantrill’s Raid on Lawrence, Kansas (1863)
On Friday, August 21, 1863, the Lawrence Massacre, also known as Quantrill’s Raid, took place. It was a battle between...
North from Mexico: The First Black Settlers in the U.S. West
The first Black settlers in what is now the western United States were Spanish speakers who came north from what...
