The African Genius (Reviews)
Where would the field of African history be without Basil Davidson?…Davidson’s book is an excellent overview of the many strands and themes of African history.
July 17, 2010 | Posted in History | Read More »
Archive for the Category ‘History’
History
Bad Blood: Remembering The Tuskegee Syphilis Experiment
If you ask the average person about nations responsible for unethical biological testing on human subjects, chances are America would be at the very bottom of the list. However, it is in the United States of America, that there is a great and proud tradition of biological testing on human guinea pigs.
April 19, 2010 | Posted in History | Read More »
HAITI: The Revolution Now
Having consolidated control of the colony by 1799, L’Ouverture quickly set about firmly establishing Haitian independence. “There cannot exist slaves [in Saint-Domingue], servitude is therein forever abolished. All men are born, live and die free and French,” he wrote in a draft constitution for the new nation.
February 1, 2010 | Posted in History | Read More »
HAITI: The Middle Passage
Having almost completely eliminated the Amerindian population in Haiti, the Spanish now began importing kidnapped Africans as early as 1501 under the rule of Nicolás de Ovando; thus making him the first enslaver of both the Americas and Haiti.
February 1, 2010 | Posted in History | Read More »
HAITI: The Destroyers of Worlds
The land of Haiti was originally inhabited by one of the many indigenous native tribes that called the islands of the Greater Antilles (including Jamaica, Haiti, Trinidad, Barbados, and several others) their home. They were the Arawaks or Taínos people.
February 1, 2010 | Posted in History | Read More »
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