He suppressed his disenchantment with religion and, in March 1861, applied to the African Civilization Society, which was ...

With the first 20 Africans brought to Virginia in 1619, the United States initiated a labor system characterized by extreme ...

A major flash point came when Union soldiers entered Hotel De Afrique and “attacked the defenseless occupants with knives and ...

Said was born Mohammed Ali ben Said around 1836 in Kuka (now called Kukawa) to a Kanuri father and a Mandara-Margi mother. He ...

TAKE a walk in the Dean Cemetery on the west side of Edinburgh and you will find a memorial that is emblazoned with the distinctive battle flag ...

In 1848 tragedy struck the Hornbeck family of Allentown when Congressman John Hornbeck died, leaving behind a wife, Maria, and four children. Fortunately, there was an opening in the Allentown ...