English Slavery – Jamestown 1619

by | May 16, 2021 | Black History

This is the third segment of my ongoing series of Black History. Last month’s post dealt with several items. The Spanish version of slavery when slaves first came to the US mainland. The ongoing battles between Spain and England. The many attacks on St....

Black History: 1565-1763 Spanish Slavery

by | Apr 19, 2021 | Black History

This is the second of a projected, ongoing series of posts on Black History.  It is a self-education project for me, as well as a history project for anyone interested.  The first post I found was too long and maybe overloaded to read.  I will try to keep this one a...

1450 – The Age of Exploration

by | Mar 15, 2021 | Black History

This article is the first in a series on Black History stretching from 1450 to the present day. It will be broken up into sections roughly from 1450-1565; from 1565-1850: the Civil War and Reconstruction period; the Jim Crow and WWI/WWII eras, and finally, more...

Educating Myself in Black History

by | Mar 4, 2021 | Black History

My Reason to Write This: I don’t know exactly when I realized how little I knew about Black History.  Not only Black history and slavery, as it pertains to the US specifically, but about both subjects in the “America’s” in general.  The...