Black History University Monthly Recap w/ Dr.Sinha! March 2022

Black Abolitionism During Queen Charlotte's Reign,  America's Last Queen Who is also of African Descent.

1. James Somerset (c. 1741 – after 1772) was an African man and the plaintiff in a pivotal court case that was widely reported as outlawing slavery in Britain

2.   Judge Mansfield raised his Black niece as his daughter, ruled against slavers in Somerset's Case, and Zong Case.

3. Famous Official paintings by abolitionist Allan Ramsay proudly features Queen Charlotte's African Features in her Coronation Portrait, he also painted a popular image of Judge Mansfield's black and white daughter playing together carefree.

4. Sojourner Truth sues and wins her son's freedom.

5. Bishop Richard Allen founder of Mutual Aid Society and African Methodist Episcopal Church 

6. Black Loyalist Harry Wahington successfully eludes capture from Geo. Washington leads a revolution in Africa after serving in the Revolutionary War.

7. Phyllis Wheatley pens a poem a tribute to Christopher Snieder, a child killed leading up to the Revolutionary War, although Crispus Attucks is credited for being the first martyr. 

8. Black Revolutionary Era Authors: Lucy Prince and Lemuel Hayes

Queen Charlotte, Queen City Charlotte N.C., 

Harriet Dred, wife Dred Scott

Sojourner  Truth Sued For her son's freedom