On Gaspar YangaThe first shiploads of slaves from Africa to Mexico were hardly off the boat when an abortive slave uprising occurred in Mexico City. It was in 1537. This uprising frightened the Spaniards on many counts. The conquest was still proceeding. Only about a fifth of Mexico was in Spanish hands, and much of that not yet secure. The threat ( Read more... )

I thought I would post, as requested by a certain goat lady, a link to an article-in-progress. I am writing about Kromanti and Kisama nationalism as resistance from 1500-1800. Just as a brief background note, 'Kromanti' was the name by which the vast majority of folks who engaged in maroonage and revolt/rebellion in the British and Dutch ( Read more... )

I just thought I would introduce myself, since I am new to the community. I study African and African Diaspora history. I range all over the place - my M.A. is about the identity of folks who were enslaved by the Portuguese in eastern Nigeria and Central Africa and then sold in Ghana, and whose descendents (I argue) were re-enslaved and sold to ( Read more... )

GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- The first ever excavation of a black Seminole town is under way in Central Florida and may unearth how the runaway slaves actually lived within the embattled Seminole Indian nation, says a University of Florida researcher ( Read more... )

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Established in 1738 by Colonial Spanish Florida's Governor Manuel Montiano, Fort Mose gave sanctuary to Africans challenging enslavement in the English Colony of Carolina. Approximately 100 Africans lived at Fort Mose, forming more than 20 households. Together they created a frontier community which drew on a range of African backgrounds blended ( Read more... )