Famous Female Pirates of the High Seas: Charlotte de Berry
Female sailors, and female soldiers, have been very common events, but we are certain that our readers have never heard of an instance of...
Barbados: Indentured Servants to African Slavery
The first plantation-based society in the Caribbean, Barbados set the example for slave-based monoculture by moving from indentured servants to slave labor.
Plantation societies require...
Haiti Earthquake of 1770: Saint-Domingue and Port-au-Prince Destroyed
From the late 1400s through the late 1600s, the Spanish controlled the island of Hispanola, the site of modern-day Haiti and the Dominican Republic....
The Mysterious City of Teotihuacan
Teotihuacan was one of the most sophisticated and powerful cities in Pre-Colombian Mexico. No one knows who exactly built it or why they abandoned...
The Age of the Fifth Sun in Aztec Mexico: Creation, Destruction and Re-creation
The Aztecs regarded their gods as ferocious, vengeful and malignant. This was why their version of how the world was created was so full...
A Slave Narrative: Job Ben Solomon or Ayuba Sulaiman Ibrahim
One of many to make the Middle Passage as a slave, Job Ben Solomon was one of the few to make a return trip...
Caribbean Christmas: Christmas Traditions in St. Kitts
St. Christopher, commonly known as St. Kitts, was originally inhabited by the Caribs before colonization by the British. The British then brought enslaved Africans...
What areas in Mexico did Hernan Cortes explore?
Although famous people often attract many supporters as well as many detractors, bits and pieces of truth will swirl around those people like mosquitoes...
Aztec War Resources – Recommended Books about Aztec Warfare
Recommended Aztec history books for anyone wishing to learn about Aztec war, Aztec military history and Aztec warrior and weapon types.
For the Aztecs, war...
Irish Catholics Indentured in Colonial Barbados
Irish Catholics and Scots "Barbadosed" by Oliver Cromwell did not fare well as indentured servants.
With both religious and political origins, Oliver Cromwell’s invasion of...