US imposes visa ban on Nigerians over religious freedom violations The United States has begun implementing visa restrictions on individuals in Nigeria accused of violating religious freedom. U.S. officials disclosed that the policy targets persons found to have engaged in, supported, or
Lear Green (c. 1839—1860) was an African American slave. She escaped to freedom from her slave master, James Noble, by shipping herself in an old sailor’s chest from Baltimore to Philadelphia. Background When she was eighteen, she met a man by the name of William Adams, who asked for her hand in marriage. Adams was […]
James Armistead Lafayette was an enslaved African American who served the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War under the Marquis de Lafayette, and later received a legislative emancipation. Life as a Double Agent As a double agent, he reported the activities of Benedict Arnold after he had defected to the British and the activities […]


















