Mary Ann Shadd, Break Every Yoke and Let The Oppressed Go Free 1858
Born in 1823 and died in 1893, Mary Ann Shadd was born into a wealthy free black family in Wilmington, Delaware. However, following the enactment of the Fugitive Slave Act in 1850,…
Civic Affairs & Governance
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Lewis Richardson, I am Free From American Slavery
By the 1840s, several fugitive enslaved people, with Frederick Douglass being the most notable, began sharing their harrowing stories on the lecture circuit, primarily addressing abolitionist groups. Want to learn more about…
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Lamine Senghor, The Negro’s Fight for Freedom 1927
Lamine Senghor was an influential figure in the early Senegalese nationalist movement. Born in Kaolack, Senegal, in 1889, he served in the French Army from 1915 to 1919 before returning to Paris…
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John Williamson Kuyé, Right of the People to Self-Determination 1926
John Williamson Kuyé was a prominent advocate for African self-rule in the early 20th century, emerging as one of the first wave of African nationalists. Born on November 10, 1894, in Bathurst,…
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John Sella Martin, A Speech Before the Paris Antislavery Conference 1867
John Sella Martin was born into slavery in Charlotte, North Carolina, and was later transported to Georgia, from where he successfully escaped to the North in 1856. After his escape, Martin settled…
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Isaka Seme, The Regeneration of Africa 1906
Pixley Isaka Seme was a pioneering figure in the fight against European colonialism in Africa, being one of the first western-educated Africans to take a stand against the oppressive forces reshaping the…
