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We are being treated like slaves – Nigerian soldiers cry as they are banned from going on leave

Soldiers of the Nigerian Army who are attached to the North-East Joint Task Force, Operation Hadin Kai have been banned from going on annual leave and passes. In an internal memo that was cited by SaharaReporters, the army said the ban was for the soldiers to prepare adequately for Operation …

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The bravery of the enslaved Blacks who led the massive 1842 slave revolt

History says that after Native Americans were exempt from the slave trade in 1730, many of those Natives started owning Black slaves themselves. Of the Five Tribes (Cherokee, Choctaw, Chickasaw, Creek, and Seminole nations), the Cherokees were the largest holder of Africans as chattel slaves. In fact, by 1860, the …

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