From 1684 to 1686, nearly two centuries before the formal abolition of slavery, an African prince from the kingdom of Ndongo, spearheaded an international legal case against Spain, Portugal, & Italy, accusing them of committing crimes against humanity www.africanhistoryextra.com/p/the-africa...
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Isaac SamuelRam's-head Amulet Third Intermediate Period, Kushite Period ca. 712–664 BCE
This is a particularly fab example of the brilliant material posted by @rhaplord.bsky.social
Isaac SamuelIn the 1600s, some 21,000 runaway slaves in Brazil founded an independent kingdom in the interior that lasted nearly a century (1612-1694) It had a capital of 5,000, its own king, provincial chiefs, judges, priests, and an army that raided Dutch and Portuguese plantations
Viva a República de Palmares 👇🏾
Isaac SamuelIn the 1600s, some 21,000 runaway slaves in Brazil founded an independent kingdom in the interior that lasted nearly a century (1612-1694) It had a capital of 5,000, its own king, provincial chiefs, judges, priests, and an army that raided Dutch and Portuguese plantations
Uma das poucas memórias que a minha mãe tem do pai dela é que ele fazia parte de um grupo de Congada no interior de Minas Gerais. Ele morreu quando a minha mãe tinha 3 anos.
Isaac Samuelcc: Travels of a 17th-century African abolitionist: Lourenço da Silva Mendonça's 1684 Vatican case against Atlantic Slavery www.patreon.com/isaacsamuel6...
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Isaac SamuelIn the 1600s, some 21,000 runaway slaves in Brazil founded an independent kingdom in the interior that lasted nearly a century (1612-1694) It had a capital of 5,000, its own king, provincial chiefs, judges, priests, and an army that raided Dutch and Portuguese plantations
thread on the Palmares quilombo, historically interesting for lots of reasons
Isaac SamuelIn the 1600s, some 21,000 runaway slaves in Brazil founded an independent kingdom in the interior that lasted nearly a century (1612-1694) It had a capital of 5,000, its own king, provincial chiefs, judges, priests, and an army that raided Dutch and Portuguese plantations
There were many black people on Greece at that time. The ancient Greeks referred to all black people as Ethiopians. www.africanhistoryextra.com/p/africans-i...
Interesting introductory article. Sources include academic work by Thornton, Peterson, Heywood, @araujohistorian.bsky.social , and more.
Isaac SamuelThe African origins of Abolition: African Anti-Slavery Laws in the Atlantic World. www.africanhistoryextra.com/p/the-africa...