Thomas Alexandre Dumas was born on the 25th of March, 1762, to a white father and his black slave consort in Jeremie in Saint-Domingue (modern Haiti). He would be raised by his father Alexandre Antoine Davy De La Pailleterie, a French nobleman who went to Saint-Domingue to seek his fortune after being cut off from …
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Bass Reeves was born on the 16th of July 1838 in Crawford County, Arkansas, and named after his grandfather Bass Washington. His family was enslaved by the state legislator William Steele Reeves. Bass began work as a water boy and stable-boy and as he grew older he worked several different jobs for his masters after …
The Anglo- Zulu War part 2 “I regret to report a very disastrous engagement which took place on the morning of the 22nd of January between the armies of the Zulu King Cetshowayo and our own number 3 column consisting of 5 companies of the first battalion of the 24th regiment of foot and one …
The Battle of Bamber Bridge when america tried to bring jim crow to britain When American servicemen came to Britain during the Second World War they brought many things with them; materials, money and of course new forms of music and culture. One part of American culture, however, stood out and shocked most people in …