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The slave trader who became Britain’s greatest humanitarian
Few lives in British history stretch as far morally as John Newton’s. Born in London in 1725, he grew up to captain slave ships across the Atlantic, transporting human beings in conditions so brutal ...
(Reuters) - In late August 1619, a ship carrying "20 and odd" African men and women docked at Point Comfort, today's Fort Monroe in Hampton, Virginia. Their arrival, 400 years ago next month, was ...
Editor’s note: For those who are wondering about the retro title of this black-history series, please take a moment to learn about historian Joel A. Rogers, author of the 1934 book 100 Amazing Facts ...
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