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Anna Kingsley Biography
Anna KingsleyPlantation owner and former slaveBorn: 1793Birthplace: Senegal Anna Madgigine Jai was captured in her native country of Senegal in 1806 when she was about 13 years old. She was…Kukawa
(Encyclopedia) KukawaKukawak&oomacr;ˈkäwäˌ [key] or KukaKukak&oomacr;ˈkä [key], town, NE Nigeria. It is in a farming and salt-mining region. Kukawa was founded in 1814 by Muhammad al-Kanemi…Life of Frederick Douglass, Appendix
A Parody Appendix I find, since reading over the foregoing Narrative, that I have, in several instances, spoken in such a tone and manner, respecting religion, as may possibly lead those…Bornu
(Encyclopedia) BornuBornubôrˈn&oomacr; [key], former Muslim state, mostly in NE Nigeria, extending S and W of Lake Chad. It began its existence as a separate state in the late 14th cent. From the…Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass: Chapter II
Chapter II My master's family consisted of two sons, Andrew and Richard; one daughter, Lucretia, and her husband, Captain Thomas Auld. They lived in one house, upon the home plantation of Colonel…Guinea-Bissau Department of State Background
U.S. Department of State Background Note Guinea-Bissau Index: People Government and Political Conditions Economy U.S.-Guinea-Bissau Relations PEOPLEThe rivers of Guinea and the islands of Cape…Selected Essays in Black History<cite>by Charles Dudley Warner</cite>
The Awakening of the Negro Strivings of the Negro People The Story of Uncle Tom's Cabin by Charles Dudley Warner On the 29th of June, 1852, Henry Clay died. In that month the two…Coleridge: The Beginnings
At Nether StoweyThe Beginnings Coleridge lived in what may safely be called the most momentous period of modern history. In the year following his birth Warren Hastings was appointed first…Kiribati Department of State Background
U.S. Department of State Background Note KiribatiKiribati dancers participate in New Year's ceremony on Millennium Island, Kiribati, Saturday, January 1, 2000. [© AP Images] PROFILEOFFICIAL NAME…The Bahamas Department of State Background
U.S. Department of State Background Note The Bahamas Index: People History Government and Political Conditions Economy Foreign Relations U.S.-Bahamian Relations PEOPLE Eighty-five…