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Menéndez's original name is unknown. He was likely born in part of the Mali Empire along the Gambia River in Africa. [1] [7]: 6 He was of Mandinka descent. [8]Sometime between 1709 and 1711, he was captured, sold by slave traders, and probably shipped to the Province of Carolina (a British colony at the time) during a period of significantly increased importation of enslaved Africans.
Dido Elizabeth Belle (June 1761 – July 1804) was a British gentlewoman.She was born into slavery and illegitimate daughter of Captain John Lindsay of the Royal Navy and Maria Belle; her mother, Maria Belle, was an enslaved Black woman in the British West Indies.
Abraham, an enslaved black man who carried messages between the frontier and Charles Town during wars with the Cherokee, for which he was freed. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Abdul Rahman Ibrahima Sori (1762–1829), a prince from West Africa and enslaved in the United States for 40 years until President John Quincy Adams freed him.
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Caesar, later known as “Black Caesar” (fl. 1718), was a West African pirate who operated during the Golden Age of Piracy.He served aboard the Queen Anne's Revenge of Edward Teach (Blackbeard) and was one of the surviving members of that crew following Blackbeard’s death at the hands of Lieutenant Robert Maynard in 1718.
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The First Fleet is the name given to the group of eleven ships carrying convicts, the first to do so, that left England in May 1787 and arrived in Australia in January 1788. The ships departed with an estimated 775 convicts (582 men and 193 women), as well as officers, marines, their wives and children, and provisions and agricultural implements.
Name Life Years Active Tribe Of Origin Comments Black Elk: 1863–1950 1870–1890s Lakota: A prominent Wichasha Wakan of the Oglala Lakota, he was a combatant at the Battle of the Little Bighorn. During the late 1880s, he was involved in the Ghost Dance movement and was injured at the Wounded Knee Massacre. Black Hawk: 1767–1838 1810s ...