In 1830, when he was 15 years old, the slave Henry Brown he was sent to Richmond (Virginia) to work on a tobacco plantation. His life was uneventful until he met Nancy , a slave from an adjacent plantation. After a brief courtship, and with the permission of their respective masters, they obtained
During the various conflicts that dotted the 18th and 19th centuries, in the so-called Indian Wars between white settlers and North American Indians, almost 50,000 Indians and some 19,000 white invaders perished. The Plains Indians settled on the great plains of central North America were nomadic
The Mallarino-Bidlack Treaty , signed on December 12, 1846 between the United States and the Republic of New Granada (now Colombia and Panama), was a trade reciprocity agreement between the two countries. The problem is that it was tremendously favorable for the economic and commercial interests of
The Civil War o American Civil War fought for four years (1861 to 1865) the forces of the Northern states (the Union ) against the newly formed Confederate States of America , made up of eleven southern states that proclaimed their independence. Although it is often sold as a confrontation betwe
In Mexico it is celebrated September like the national month, the quintessential month dedicated to the Mexican homeland in which events relevant to its history took place, some glorious and others not so much, that changed the destiny not only of Mexico but also of the United States and Spain… « th
Little is known about the childhood of Henri Christophe . Most historians agree that he was born on the island of Grenada, in the Caribbean, the son of a former slave. His father, also named Christophe, had arrived on a slave ship from West Africa to Santo Domingo, the former French colony now known
Otto von Bismarck He was a German statesman, bureaucrat, military officer and politician, considered the founder of the modern German state. During the last years of his life he was nicknamed the Iron Chancellor for his determination and his strong hand in the management of everything related to his
The Battle of Fredericksburg (1862), in the midst of the Civil War, faced the troops of the Confederate general Robert Lee and General Ambrose E Burnside of the Union. The Union army suffered a severe defeat with more than 12,000 dead, wounded and prisoners. The Union offensive aimed to cross the
Deer , the charrúa cacique, amicably extended General Rivera the knife that he had asked him to chop his tobacco. However, the military reacted unexpectedly; he jerked back, feigning surprise, and in the same motion he drew his revolver and shot her. That was the signal that the rest of his troops,
We move to the Victorian era, more or less coinciding with the reign of Queen Victoria I of the United Kingdom (1837-1901), which was characterized by the enormous economic development resulting from the so-called Industrial Revolution and the expansion of the British colonial Empire. These signific
Monday, February 25, 1833, Port of Montevideo The boat leaves the old wooden dock, with the last load of passengers and luggage. With the stroke of oars she crosses the calm waters of the bay towards the French brick Phaeton , anchored a short distance from the coast. Among the passengers, Franç
In the field of inventions and patents there have always been disputes over the paternity of certain inventions. We have already seen that if Antonio Meucci had 10 dollars, the iPhone would be a telephone . For what there is no dispute is the paternity of the automatic telephone switchboard... the A
The Choctaws , a Native American people located in the southeastern United States in present-day Mississippi Territory, were the first people to experience forced removal, dressed in friendly agreement, to Indian reservations. In 1830, the US Congress passed the Treaty of Dancing Rabbit Creek , a pe
The dispute over a territory by different European countries is nothing curious or anecdotal, but if the territory in question only existed for 5 months... things change. I am talking about Graham Island, Julia Island or Ferdinandea Island (Depending on which country of those who disputed its sovere
When John H.G. Read he was sentenced to death, he told the judge: The reason I am so calm is that I trust in the Lord and he knows that I am innocent. And it seems that the Lord, destiny, luck – or who knows what – believed in his innocence because the sentence passed could not be carried out. B
On too many occasions, for the taste of kin seekers , women of marriageable age were accompanied by their mothers, servants or other members of their family who prevented free communication between couples. So, alternative forms of communication were invented:fans, false moles... today we will deal
Until the 1970s, several countries applied eugenics programs for the improvement of hereditary traits seeking racial hygiene . Although the best known case is that of Nazi Germany, there were many other countries that applied this type of program, such as the case of Sweden that we have already talk
A bear was already the protagonist of one of our stories – the Voytek bear – But our bear today is less bellicose and much more educated… he attended Trinity College, Cambridge. The English Lord Byron , 6th Baron Byron In addition to being a great poet, a prominent figure in the romantic movement,
In the seaside town of Hartlepool , in north-east England, there is a legend from two centuries ago about a monkey that was hanged by the towns fishermen as they believed him to be a French spy. At the beginning of the 19th century, during the Napoleonic Wars , the English coastal towns watched thei
At the signing of the Treaty of Fontainebleau on October 27, 1807 between Manuel Godoy, favorite of the Spanish king Carlos IV , and Napoleon Bonaparte , the joint military invasion of Portugal - an ally of England - was agreed upon and, for this, French troops would be allowed to pass through Spani
In August 1821, the Greek Revolution was still in its infancy. Despite the successes of the revolutionaries, Tripolitsa still held Moria while in Roumeli the Turks had established themselves in Lamia and also in Attica. But Tripolitsa was now in serious danger of falling. The Greeks had tightened th
Entry taken from the book The Plantagenets In 1326 Edward II reigned in England, son of the famous Longshanks, Edward I, the king who defeated William Wallace and had the legend Hammer of the Scots engraved on his tomb . Edward IIs reign had gone from disaster to disaster. In France and Scotland mil
The first self-propelled vehicles, with their huge steam boilers, appeared in the 18th century; the first motor vehicle powered by an internal combustion engine with gasoline would not arrive until 1885. Logically, and in the face of those new protagonists, traffic regulations had to be changed. We
It is believed that the first law that referred to copyright - those rights that depending on which side you are on are seen in one way or another - was the Queen Anne Statute of Great Britain promulgated on April 10, 1710. Its original title: An act for the encouragement of learning, by vesting t