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Esteban de Dorantes: The African...

Esteban de Dorantes: The African slave who...

William Ansah Sessarakoo: The story...

William Ansah Sessarakoo: The story of the...

Esteban de Dorantes: The African slave who defied all odds to become a diplomat and linguist, by Gift Luckson

Esteban de Dorantes: The African slave who defied all odds to become a diplomat and linguist, by Gift Luckson The story of Esteban de Dorantes (also known as Estevanico, Mustafa Azemmouri, or Esteban the Moor) is one of the most incredible, cinematic, and overlooked survival stories in human history. Enslavement ​Enslaved as a young man, he ended up becoming the first African to cross the North American continent, a brilliant multilingual diplomat, a revered healer, and an explorer whose final journey inspired the European search for the legendary Seven Cities of Gold. ​From...
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Esteban de Dorantes:...

Esteban de Dorantes: The African slave who defied all odds to become a diplomat and linguist, by Gift Luckson The story of Esteban de Dorantes...
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William Ansah Sessarakoo:...

William Ansah Sessarakoo: The story of the African Prince wrongfully sold into slavery, by Gift Luckson William Ansah Sessarakoo (1735 – 1770) was a Fante...
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Belinda Sutton: The...

Belinda Sutton: The remarkable Ghanaian slave who won the first reparation petition, by Gift Luckson Belinda Sutton (born 1713 in Africa), also known as Belinda...
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The legacy of...

The legacy of Eliza Moore, one of America's last survivors of slavery, by Gift Luckson Eliza Moore (June 27, 1843 – January 21, 1948) was...
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Outlasting Slavery: How...

Outlasting Slavery: How George Freeman Bragg Jr. became a force for racial justice, by Gift Luckson George Freeman Bragg Jr. (1863–1940) was a pioneering African...
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Harriet Jacobs: A...

Harriet Jacobs: A voice of courage against slavery, by Gift Luckson Harriet Jacobs (1813 or 1815 – March 7, 1897) was an African-American abolitionist and...
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From Braces to...

From Braces to the Finish Line: The incredible story of Wilma Rudolph Born in 1940 in Saint Bethlehem, Tennessee, Wilma was the 20th of 22...
Mercy Adaje -
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Across a Continent:...

Across a Continent: The trials, legacy of the first African American to reach the Pacific Ocean, by Gift Luckson York (1770–1775 – after 1815) was an...
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The Woman Who...

The Woman Who Sued for Freedom: The legend of Marguerite Scypion, by Gift Luckson Marguerite Scypion, also known in court files as Marguerite, (c.1770s –...
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