A daily Black History Month fact that has nothing to do with George Washington Carver, MLK, Jr., or Harriet Tubman. Promise!
William Wells Brown was born a slave in Kentucky in 1815. According to legend, he's the grandson of Daniel Boone. As a boy working on a steamboat in the Mississippi River, Brown escaped to Canada, where he made a living as a steward on a ship that sailed the Great Lakes. During this time, he taught himself to read and write, married a free black woman, and became active in th Underground Railroad.
Through his work as an abolitionist, he became a renowned public speaker and a writer. He published several works — including an autobiography called The Narrative of William W. Brown, a Fugitive Slave and Three Years in Europe, a travel memoir. With his 1853 novel, Clotel (or President's Daughter), which was based on the love affair of Sally Hemings and Thomas Jefferson and published in England, he became and became the first African American to publish a novel. He was also the first African American to publish a play. He died in Massachusetts in 1884.
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A little fun factoid:
The Chinese believe their original ancestors, the first Chinese were Black, but they don't believe they were of African descent.
Egypt, was by historians, a trading post established by the mainly "Central African Countries" to trade with Europe and India, but because of Alexander the Great, invading with close to 77,000 soldiers followed with more Greek citizens later, cause the browning of Egypt.
Lets not forget about the Romans also.
Italy, the "Black Madonna" is worshiped. The origin of that, is a long story and should be read.
There is now an archaeological study being done in Argentina, Peru and other parts of coastal South America to verify initial findings, that the Egyptians might have been the first visitors there during the time of the Aztec Empire.
Unrelated factoid:
The much talked about and Hollywood promoted, "King Arthur and the Round Table" of olde England, is a fable, King Arthur never existed, there was never a round table.
the Knights existed but they were just hired swords working for feudal Lords. and when there was war they were pledged to the "sovereign: King.
There was a place called Sherwood forest, and there were many bandits, poachers and killers who hid in the woods, but no Robin Hood.
There is the Martin Luther version of the bible (German) and the Pope version (Italian). Who won the battle of the version?
What is the King James version?
What is the Maccabee Version?
What is th Pentecostal version?