1528 Estevanico the Moor

03/07/22 • 24 min

A black man explores North America in the 1500s and becomes a medicine man. His life gives birth to a strange legend surrounding supernatural figures from the culture of some Native American tribe.
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https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/first-african-slave-ship-arrives-jamestown-colony accessed on June 27, 2021.

https://www.aaihs.org/the-fallacy-of-1619-rethinking-the-history-of-africans-in-early-america/

https://www.southwestcrossroads.org/record.php?num=34

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chakwaina

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/history/article/seven-cities-of-cibola

https://www.psi.edu/about/staff/hartmann/coronado/journeyofmarcosdeniza.html

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https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/first-african-slave-ship-arrives-jamestown-colony accessed on June 27, 2021.

https://www.aaihs.org/the-fallacy-of-1619-rethinking-the-history-of-africans-in-early-america/

https://www.southwestcrossroads.org/record.php?num=34

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chakwaina

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/history/article/seven-cities-of-cibola

https://www.psi.edu/about/staff/hartmann/coronado/journeyofmarcosdeniza.html

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In 1841 Madison Washington escaped from the bloody plantations of Virginia into the relative freedom of Canada. A few months later, he returned to Virginia in attempt to free his wife Susan. The resulting story is one love, passion, and the power of the human spirit.
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https://briankrice.wordpress.com/2011/06/10/one-of-the-greatest-slave-love-stories-ever/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romulus_and_Remus
https://www.history.com/topics/valentines-day/history-of-valentines-day-2
https://www.britannica.com/topic/slave-rebellions#ref1218383
https://face2faceafrica.com/article/madison-washington-the-real-life-django-who-escaped-slavery-twice-during-the-1800s
Lee, R. E. (1998). Madison Washington, slave mutineer. BLACFAX, 8(36), 8.

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The Anansi Chronicles is an anthology of speculative historical fiction.
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