WJET Erie on MSN2d
Erie’s first black resident, Boe Bladen, the original owner of Glenwood Estates landAs we continue our observance of black history month, we do a deeper dive into the life of the first black property owner in the region. Bladen not only was the first black property owner, he was ...
A Memoir of History, Home, and Belonging is a powerful narrative intertwined with the historical experiences of slaves. (7News) ...
On the night of July 1, 1839, 53 enslaved Africans revolted aboard the slaving schooner La Amistad – Spanish for “Friendship” ...
Celebrating Black history by visiting on these seven museums is one the Blackest things you could do for Black History Month.
Smithsonian Magazine on MSN3d
Born Enslaved, This Black Millionaire Attempted to Colonize Mexico and Aspired to Be the Emperor of EthiopiaIn 1904, two Americans boarded the steamship Kaiser Wilhelm II and set off for Africa. One was Kent J. Loomis, brother to the ...
It will begin by focusing on Olaudah Equiano, one of the most famous Black abolitionists of the 18th Century, whose powerful ...
In 1700, the English merchant slave ship Henrietta Marie sank 35 miles west of Key West, shortly after offloading 190 captured Africans in Jamaica. Nearly 325 years later, using the shipwreck and ...
PONTIAC — Within its first decade of operation, the Underground Railroad was estimated to have helped about 100,000 enslaved ...
One common condition required the enslaved person to live with their master until the master's death—meaning they only truly ...
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