The 1816 Barbados Slave Revolt: Bussa's Rebellion in the British Caribbean

The 1831 Mutiny on the Prince of Orange: A Slave Revolt in the Atlantic

In 1831, the slave ship Prince of Orange set sail from Havana with over 200 enslaved Africans bound for the sugar plantations of Cuba. But before the ship could cross the Atlantic, a brave group of Igbo men, led by a man named Okee, rose up in a desperate bid for freedom. This episode dives into the mutiny, the brutal suppression that followed, and the legal aftermath that unfolded in Havana's colonial courts. We follow the ship's journey from the Bight of Biafra, the role of the Aro Confederacy in supplying captives, and the specific ethnic identities of the Igbo rebels. Through trial records from the Real Audiencia de La Habana, we piece together the names, testimonies, and fates of the men who risked everything. The episode also explores the broader context of slave resistance in the 1830s, the tightening of British abolition pressure, and the chilling reality that even successful mutinies rarely meant freedom. This is a story of courage, terror, and the law's complicity in human trafficking. #PrinceOfOrange #SlaveShipMutiny #Igbo #Havana #BightOfBiafra #AroConfederacy #1831 #SlaveRevolt #AtlanticSlaveTrade #Cuba #SugarPlantations #SpanishColonialLaw #Okee #MiddlePassage #Resistance #Abolition #RealAudiencia #FexingoHistory Keep every episode free: buymeacoffee.com/fexingo [https://buymeacoffee.com/fexingo]

The 1817 Fort Blount Massacre: Apalachee Resistance in Spanish Florida

In this episode, Lucas and Luna explore the 1817 Fort Blount Massacre, a brutal but little-known episode in the history of the Atlantic slave trade. They trace the flight of enslaved people from the Deep South to the maroon stronghold of Fort Blount in Spanish Florida, the alliance with Seminole and Miccosukee warriors, and the U.S. military campaign that ended in a devastating attack by Andrew Jackson's forces. The episode delves into the role of the Negro Fort, the Battle of Prospect Bluff, and the aftermath that saw survivors sold back into slavery. It's a story of resistance, betrayal, and the violent contest for freedom on the borderlands of the early republic. #FortBlountMassacre #NegroFort #Seminole #Maroons #AndrewJackson #SpanishFlorida #ProspectBluff #Apalachee #1817 #FirstSeminoleWar #Slavery #Resistance #AtlanticSlaveTrade #FexingoHistory #HistoryPodcast #WorldHistory #19thCentury #AfricanDiaspora Keep every episode free: buymeacoffee.com/fexingo [https://buymeacoffee.com/fexingo]

The 1863 New York City Draft Riots: Race and Rage

In July 1863, the largest civil insurrection in American history erupted not in the South but in New York City. The Enrollment Act of 1863, which allowed wealthy men to buy their way out of Civil War conscription for $300, ignited a firestorm of working-class fury. For four days, white mobs — many Irish immigrants — rampaged against the draft, but their rage quickly turned into a murderous pogrom against Black New Yorkers. They lynched Black men from lampposts, burned the Colored Orphan Asylum to the ground, and killed over 100 people. The arrival of Union troops fresh from Gettysburg finally crushed the rebellion. This episode digs into the class and racial dynamics of the riots, the role of the Tammany Hall political machine, the disproportionate casualties among Black New Yorkers, and the lasting legacy of a rebellion that tried to stop a war for emancipation. #NewYorkCityDraftRiots #CivilWar #EnrollmentActOf1863 #EmancipationProclamation #IrishImmigrants #ColoredOrphanAsylum #TammanyHall #Gettysburg #AbrahamLincoln #WorkingClassHistory #RaceRiots #FourteenthAmendment #NewYorkHistory #Conscription #ClassWarfare #AfricanAmericanHistory #History #FexingoHistory Keep every episode free: buymeacoffee.com/fexingo [https://buymeacoffee.com/fexingo]

The Middle Passage: Life and Death in the Slave Ship Hold

This episode of Fexingo History takes you inside the brutal reality of the Middle Passage—the journey that carried millions of enslaved Africans across the Atlantic. We focus on the human experience within the slave ship hold: the stench, the disease, the suffocating heat, and the constant threat of rebellion. Lucas and Luna explore the design of slave ships, the infamous Brookes diagram, mortality rates, and the psychological terror of the crossing. We also look at resistance—from shipboard mutinies to suicide—and how enslaved people fought back even in the most hopeless conditions. The conversation touches on specific vessels like the Zong and the Brookes, the factors that determined survival, and the shift in mortality as the trade became more systematized. No political or economic overview here; this is about the lived experience of the millions who were forced to make that crossing. A raw, necessary look at one of history's greatest horrors. #MiddlePassage #SlaveShip #BritishSlaveTrade #RoyalAfricanCompany #BrookesDiagram #ZongMassacre #OlaudahEquiano #JamesFieldStanfield #SlaveTrade #AfricanDiaspora #Abolition #18thCentury #19thCentury #AtlanticHistory #MaritimeHistory #HumanRights #History #FexingoHistory Keep every episode free: buymeacoffee.com/fexingo [https://buymeacoffee.com/fexingo]

The 1693 Cartagena Slave Revolt: Palenque Liberty in New Granada

In 1693, a carefully planned uprising by enslaved Africans in Cartagena de Indias shook the Spanish colonial port and led to the creation of one of the most successful maroon communities in the Americas: San Basilio de Palenque. This episode unpacks the revolt itself—how leaders like Benkos Biohó organized hundreds of escapees across the swamps and forests of what is now Colombia—and the complex peace treaty that granted them freedom in exchange for ending attacks on Spanish settlements. We explore the role of Kongo and West Central African cultural traditions in palenque life, the politics of colonial negotiation, and how the community survives today as a UNESCO-recognized symbol of resistance. Along the way, we look at the asiento system that flooded Cartagena with captives, the brutal labor on gold mines and sugar plantations, and the surprising legal status of palenques under Spanish law. This is a story not just of rebellion but of a viable free society carved from the slave trade's heart. #CartagenaDeIndias #BenkosBioho #SanBasiliodPalenque #SlaveRevolt #Maroons #Palenque #NewGranada #KongoDiaspora #SpanishColonial #Asiento #GoldMines #UNESCO #Resistance #17thCentury #AtlanticSlaveTrade #Colombia #History #FexingoHistory Keep every episode free: buymeacoffee.com/fexingo [https://buymeacoffee.com/fexingo]