Search
Search Results
Image
Tang Figure of an African or Indonesian Dancer
This figure was made of a slipped and brown pigmented earthenware. It represents a male dancer, possibly an African or Indonesian. It was found in a Chinese tomb. Tang Dynasty, 8th century CE. (The British Museum, London).
Image
An Unidentified African-American Man Lynched from a Tree
An unidentified African-American man lynched from a tree. Photograph by National Photo Company, 1925.
Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
Image
Bronze Oil Lamp in the Shape of an African Slave
This Roman oil lamp of unclear provenance was made in the 1st Century CE. It portrays an Aethiopian slave, with barbarians like Africans and Celts being popular motifs in Roman art. The lamp has also been suggested to have erotic connotations...
Image
Scourged African American Slave
Escaped slave Gordon, also known as "Whipped Peter," formerly enslaved on a cotton plantation along the Atchafalaya River, showing his scarred back at a medical examination, Baton Rouge, Louisiana. After the whipping, his wounds were salted...
![Bacon's Rebellion and the African Slave Trade [AP U.S. History Review]](/uploads/kraked/6/6-2295_ci_preview.jpg?v=1614768850-1751350157)
Video
Bacon's Rebellion and the African Slave Trade [AP U.S. History Review]
On the salty Nathaniel Bacon and how his little rebellion in the early American colonies paved the way for the African Slave Trade.
Video
The History of the West African Salt Trade
Did you know that salt was literally worth its weight in gold in ancient West Africa? This video is all about the lucrative trade of salt in West African history. Salt from the Sahara desert was one of the major trade goods of ancient...
Video
Berbers: Ancient Origins of North African Civilization
The Kings and Generals animated historical documentary series on the ancient civilizations continues with a video on the Berbers. In this first history video out of two on the ancient origins of the North African civilization, we are going...
Interview
Interview: The First Black Archaeologist: A Life of John Wesley Gilbert by John Lee
John Lee joins World History Encyclopedia to tell us all about his new book, The First Black Archaeologist: A Life of John Wesley Gilbert. Kelly (WHE): Thank you so much for joining me! Let us start by talking about what the book is about...
Video
How to Play an Ancient African Rock Gong
The British Museum invited Dr Cornelia Kleinitz, an archaeologist specialising in rock art, and Liam Williamson, a modern rock drummer, to try and discover how a rock gong might have been played. This was the result. Rock gongs are a...
Video
Hanno African Voyage
A documentary based on the journal of the 5th century BCE Carthaginian explorer Hanno.
