The earliest copy of the Negro or Slave Bible was published in 1807 ( the same year the Slave Trade Act prohibited slave trade in the British Empire). This strange Bible contained only parts of 14 books! The publication happened three years after the Haitian Revolution ended. That revolution was the only slave revolt in […]
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Sekhukhune was King of the Marota people (or the Bapedi people) who originated from the Bakgatla of the Western Transvaal. The Bapedi originated from the Bakgatla and moved to the Eastern-Central Transvaal. This was where they built a powerful empire in Bopedi, by a skilful combination of diplomacy and military conquest. Their motto, “Fetakgomo o […]