Tag: 1800s
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Portrait of Madam C.J. Walker, the First Black Woman Millionaire in America
Madam C.J. Walker (born Sarah Breedlove; December 23, 1867 – May 25, 1919) was an African American entrepreneur, philanthropist, and political and social activist. She is recorded as the first female self-made millionaire in America in the Guinness Book of World Records. Multiple sources mention that although other women (like Mary Ellen Pleasant) might have…
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Sarah Rosetta Wakeman aka Lyons Wakeman: A Woman’s Life as a Man in the Civil War
In 1940, Jackson Doane, of Binghamton, unearthed a packet of letters, a ring and a picture in his family’s attic from Sarah Rosetta Wakeman, the older sister of Jackson’s great-grandmother. She was a family member that seemed to be little spoken about — and little known. In 1976, Jackson read those letters, discovering that they…
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Austrian Archduke Ferdinand Maximilian, installed as Emperor of Mexico by French Emperor Napoleon III in 1864, is executed in Queretaro, Mexico, at 6:40 a.m. by order of Benito Juarez, the president of the Mexican Republic. June 19, 1867.
Image: Print of the execution of Maximilian in Santiago de Querétaro, Mexico. June 19, 1867. (Public Domain) On this day in history, Austrian Archduke Ferdinand, installed as Emperor of Mexico by French Emperor Napoleon III in 1864, is executed in Queretaro, Mexico, at 6:40 a.m. by order of Benito Juarez, the president of the Mexican…
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Denmark Vesey (aka Telemaque), a Black American carpenter, is accused of planning a slave rebellion in Charleston, South Carolina. He would be tried & convicted, & 35 enslaved people would be executed by hanging. June 16, 1822.
Image: Denmark Vesey (Public Domain) On this day in history, June 16, 1822, Denmark Vesey (aka Telemaque), a Black American carpenter, is accused of planning a slave rebellion in Charleston, South Carolina, involving thousands of enslaved Black people and the subsequent murder of antebellum slave owners. He would quickly be tried and convicted, and thirty-five…
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HMS Erebus and HMS Terror, with 134 men aboard, left Greenhithe, Kent, in England, beginning the disastrous Franklin expedition to find the Northwest Passage. All hands are lost. May 20, 1845.
Image: Engraving of HMS Erebus and HMS Terror departing for the Arctic in 1845. (Public Domain) On this day in history, May 20, 1845, HMS Erebus and HMS Terror, with 134 men aboard, left Greenhithe, Kent, in England, beginning the disastrous Franklin expedition to find the Northwest Passage. All hands are lost.
History Daily With Francis Chappell Black 