Military Conflict – Liberation Movements
Andrea Aguyar (a.k.a. Andrea Aquyar and Andrea il Moro), 1810?-1849
The heroic soldier and trusted personal assistant of the revered Italian revolutionary Giuseppe Garibaldi was a man of African descent nicknamed Andrea...
Bussa Rebellion (1816)
Bussa Emancipation Statue, Bridgetown, Barbados Image Ownership: Public domain The Bussa Rebellion was the largest slave revolt in the history...
José Prudencio Padilla Lopez (1784-1828)
Born March 19, 1784 in the northern coastal territory of La Guajira, Colombia, José Padilla is recognized as one of...
José María Morelos y Pavón (1765-1815)
José María Morelos y Pavón, statesman and Roman Catholic priest, was one of the greatest insurgent military commanders during the...
Henri Christophe (1767-1820)
Henri Christophe was a military leader in the Haitian Revolution as well as president and later king of the young...
Eduardo Chivambo Mondlane (1920-1969)
Eduardo Mondlane, an educator, nationalist, and leader of the Mozambique independence movement, was born on June 20, 1920, in the...
Niger Delta Conflict, 1990s–
The Niger Delta Conflict began in the 1990s in regards to the ongoing conflict between the militia groups of Nigeria,...
Gaspar Yanga (c. 1545- ?)
Known as the Primer Libertador de America or “first liberator of the Americas,” Gaspar Yanga led one of colonial Mexico’s...
Jean-Jacques Dessalines (1758-1806)
Reviled for his brutality yet honored as one of the founding fathers of Haiti, Jean-Jacques Dessalines was second in command...
