# colonial (blogs) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 8 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover colonial. Page: Feed: --- ## [Samory Touré: The African King Who Resisted French Conquest for 17 Years Before His Capture and Exile](https://talkafricana.com/samory-toure-the-african-king-who-resisted-french-conquest-for-17-years-before-his-capture-and-exile/) _2026-08-20 · Machi Onwubuariri · TalkAfricana_ Samory Touré was an African king who built the powerful Wassoulou Empire across parts of present-day Guinea, Mali, Côte d’Ivoire, Sierra Leone and Burkina Faso. For roughly 17 years, he resisted French colonial expansion through military resistance, diplomacy and guerrilla warfare. The French eventually captured him in 1898 and sent him into exile in Gabon. \[…\] TalkAfricana ## [Is Artificial Intelligence Politically Biased? The Debate Is Bigger Than Left vs. Right](https://christianortiz.substack.com/p/is-artificial-intelligence-politically) _2026-08-19 · ZacaTechO · Christian’s Substack_ Artificial intelligence is often described as politically biased, but that question is too narrow to explain what is really happening. ## [Josiah Henson: The Slave Who Escaped to Canada and Founded a Settlement for Those Fleeing Slavery](https://talkafricana.com/josiah-henson-the-slave-who-escaped-to-canada-and-founded-a-settlement-for-those-fleeing-slavery/) _2026-08-19 · Uzonna Anele · TalkAfricana_ On October 28, 1830, Josiah Henson crossed into Canada with his wife, Nancy, and their children, escaping slavery in the United States. But Henson’s journey did not end with his own freedom. He went on to help other Black people escape slavery and, near Dresden, Ontario, founded the Dawn Settlement, a community where formerly enslaved \[…\] TalkAfricana ## [Is AI Becoming Biased? The AI Industry Keeps Answering the Wrong Question.](https://christianortiz.substack.com/p/is-ai-becoming-biased-the-ai-industry) _2026-08-19 · ZacaTechO · Christian’s Substack_ By Christian “ZacaTechO” Ortiz Founder of Justice AI™ | Creator of the Decolonial Intelligence Algorithmic (DIA) Framework™ | CEO, MOD ATLAS MEDIA LLC ## [Moses Wilkinson: The Blind Preacher Who Escaped Slavery in America and Helped Build a Church in Africa](https://talkafricana.com/moses-wilkinson-the-blind-preacher-who-escaped-slavery-in-america-and-helped-build-a-church-in-africa/) _2026-08-16 · Mr Madu · TalkAfricana_ Moses “Daddy Moses” Wilkinson’s life was an extraordinary journey from slavery in Virginia to religious leadership in Africa. Born enslaved, Wilkinson escaped during the American Revolutionary War, became a Methodist preacher, led a congregation in Nova Scotia, and eventually crossed the Atlantic to help establish a Methodist church in Sierra Leone. Wilkinson was born enslaved \[…\] TalkAfricana ## [How Systems Get Into the Body: The Colonial Roots of Unhealed Trauma](https://christianortiz.substack.com/p/how-systems-get-into-the-body-the) _2026-08-16 · ZacaTechO · Christian’s Substack_ Oye, mira. ## [George Boxley: The Abolitionist Whose Planned Slave Revolt Was Betrayed by an Enslaved Woman](https://talkafricana.com/george-boxley-the-abolitionist-whose-planned-slave-revolt-was-betrayed-by-an-enslaved-woman/) _2026-08-15 · Mr Madu · TalkAfricana_ George Boxley was a white American abolitionist and former slaveholder who turned against slavery and allegedly sought to lead one of Virginia’s most ambitious slave revolts. His plan to free enslaved Africans and seize key cities never materialized after it was exposed by an enslaved informant, setting off a chain of events that changed his \[…\] TalkAfricana ## [The Biggest AI Divide Will Be AI Literacy](https://christianortiz.substack.com/p/the-biggest-ai-divide-will-be-ai) _2026-08-15 · ZacaTechO · Christian’s Substack_ Artificial intelligence is rapidly becoming one of the defining technologies of the twenty-first century. ## [Why AI Governance Is Becoming a Business Necessity: How Justice AI GPT Helps Organizations Build Responsible Artificial Intelligence](https://christianortiz.substack.com/p/why-ai-governance-is-becoming-a-business) _2026-08-15 · ZacaTechO · Christian’s Substack_ Artificial intelligence is transforming nearly every industry, from healthcare and education to finance, government, retail, and human resources. ## [Capitalism, Socialism, Communism: The Things School Never Taught You](https://christianortiz.substack.com/p/capitalism-socialism-communism-the) _2026-08-13 · ZacaTechO · Christian’s Substack_ Oye, mira. ## [Open-source Screen Sharing with Control (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/d3UWFfXzJBPJ) _2026-08-13 · **Sponsored**_ WebRTC screen sharing with simultaneous mouse & keyboard control; viewers join in browser. ## [Edwin Epps: The Slave Master Whose Extreme Cruelty Made Him One of the Most Infamous Figures of American Slavery](https://talkafricana.com/edwin-epps-the-slave-master-whose-extreme-cruelty-made-him-one-of-the-most-infamous-figures-of-american-slavery/) _2026-08-12 · TalkAfricana · TalkAfricana_ Slavery produced countless victims and countless perpetrators. Most slave owners faded into obscurity, but Edwin Epps remains infamous because one of the men he enslaved survived to tell the world exactly what happened on his plantation. His memoir, Twelve Years a Slave, would eventually become the basis for the acclaimed 2013 film, ensuring that Epps’s \[…\] TalkAfricana ## [“Students Use AI to Cheat” Is the Shallowest Conversation in Education](https://christianortiz.substack.com/p/students-use-ai-to-cheat-is-the-shallowest) _2026-08-12 · ZacaTechO · Christian’s Substack_ “Students use AI to cheat” has become one of the easiest sentences in education because it protects the system from looking at itself. ## [The Day AI Accountability Died in Colorado](https://christianortiz.substack.com/p/the-day-ai-accountability-died-in) _2026-08-11 · ZacaTechO · Christian’s Substack_ August 11, 2026 ## [La crisis del agua en Puerto Rico no es una lección moral para los boricuas. Es una prueba de poder, infraestructura y responsabilidad colectiva.](https://christianortiz.substack.com/p/la-crisis-del-agua-en-puerto-rico) _2026-08-10 · ZacaTechO · Christian’s Substack_ Puerto Rico está enfrentando una crisis seria de agua. ## [Puerto Rico’s Water Crisis Requires More Than Blame:](https://christianortiz.substack.com/p/puerto-ricos-water-crisis-requires) _2026-08-10 · ZacaTechO · Christian’s Substack_ Conservation, Colonial Power, and the Common Sense Missing From the Conversation ## [Benjamin Morgan Palmer: The Preacher Who Called Slavery a Christian Duty](https://talkafricana.com/benjamin-morgan-palmer-the-preacher-who-called-slavery-a-christian-duty/) _2026-08-09 · Uzonna Anele · TalkAfricana_ When people think of slavery in America, they often picture plantation owners, politicians, and traders. Few imagine that some of slavery’s most passionate defenders stood behind church pulpits. One of the most influential was Benjamin Morgan Palmer, a celebrated American Presbyterian pastor whose sermons helped convince thousands of Christians that slavery was not only acceptable, \[…\]… ## [Neutrality Is How Bad Businesses Get Rich](https://christianortiz.substack.com/p/neutrality-is-how-bad-businesses) _2026-08-08 · ZacaTechO · Christian’s Substack_ A Microphone Doesn’t Make You Wise. ## [Stephen Myers: The Former Slave Who Sheltered Freedom Seekers and Helped Hundreds Escape Slavery](https://talkafricana.com/stephen-myers-the-former-slave-who-sheltered-freedom-seekers-and-helped-hundreds-escape-slavery/) _2026-08-08 · Uzonna Anele · TalkAfricana_ Born into slavery around 1800 in Hoosick, New York, Myers rose from bondage to become one of the most important abolitionists in the state. For more than two decades, he and his wife Harriet transformed their home in Albany into a refuge for freedom seekers escaping slavery, helping thousands on their journey toward freedom. Stephen \[…\] TalkAfricana ## [Louis Rwagasore: The Burundian Prime Minister Assassinated by Belgium for Threatening Colonial Interests](https://talkafricana.com/louis-rwagasore-the-burundian-prime-minister-assassinated-by-belgium-for-threatening-colonial-interests/) _2026-08-06 · Armando Cataldi · TalkAfricana_ Louis Rwagasore was a Burundian prince, nationalist leader, and the country’s first elected Prime Minister who became the face of Burundi’s independence movement and pushed for an immediate end to Belgian colonial rule in the late 1950s and early 1960s. Just weeks after taking office in 1961, he was assassinated. Decades later, evidence emerged linking \[…\] TalkAfricana ## [Failure](https://roguegames.substack.com/p/failure) _2026-08-03 · Rogue Games · The Substack for Rogue Games_ Sometimes a step backward is needed before you move forward ## [Zero-Persistence E2EE (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/3CqF6Zpfz4lD) _2026-08-03 · **Sponsored**_ End-to-end encryption with client-side WebCrypto and volatile memory. ## [We're Moving](https://roguegames.substack.com/p/were-moving) _2026-08-03 · Rogue Games · The Substack for Rogue Games_ Rogue Games Is Leaving Substack for Ghost ## [Who's Behind The Dark Money Boosting Angie Craig?](https://jaeger.substack.com/p/whos-behind-the-dark-money-boosting) _2026-07-31 · Robbie Jaeger · PolitiFi_ Minnesota's Democratic Senate primary has quietly become one of the most expensive in the country. Dark money, overwhelmingly supporting Craig, has everything to do with it. ## [Mekatilili wa Menza: The Kenyan Heroine Who Helped Lead a Rebellion Against British Colonial Rule](https://talkafricana.com/mekatilili-wa-menza-the-kenyan-heroine-who-helped-lead-a-rebellion-against-british-colonial-rule/) _2026-07-29 · Uzonna Anele · TalkAfricana_ Mekatilili wa Menza was a Kenyan anti-colonial leader from the Giriama people who became one of the most formidable opponents of British rule in East Africa during the early twentieth century. Her resistance to colonial policies was so influential that British authorities arrested and exiled her twice in an attempt to silence her. Mekatilili wa \[…\] TalkAfricana ## [Suspected GOP Front PAC Routing Spending Through New LLCs](https://jaeger.substack.com/p/suspected-gop-front-pac-routing-spending) _2026-07-27 · Robbie Jaeger · PolitiFi_ Filings first reported by PolitiFi show Michigan Sunrise PAC, who has spent over $590K supporting Will Lawrence in MI-07, funneled spending through two new LLCs, following the playbook of previous subversive PACs used by GOP operatives. ## [John Gregg Fee: The American Pastor Who Was Forced Into Exile for Establishing Antislavery Churches in Kentucky](https://talkafricana.com/john-gregg-fee-the-american-pastor-who-was-forced-into-exile-for-establishing-antislavery-churches-in-kentucky/) _2026-07-26 · Nkwocha Chinedu · TalkAfricana_ At a time when Kentucky was a slave state and many churches either defended slavery or remained silent, John Gregg Fee preached that slavery was a sin against both God and humanity. For that, he was disowned by his slaveholding father, threatened by violent mobs, driven from his home, and ultimately forced into exile. Born \[…\] TalkAfricana ## [The Dichotomy of Liberty](https://roguegames.substack.com/p/the-dichotomy-of-liberty) _2026-07-20 · Rogue Games · The Substack for Rogue Games_ A Promise, a Contradiction, and a Call ## [Filings reveal full scope of GOP meddling in Democratic primaries](https://jaeger.substack.com/p/filings-reveal-full-scope-of-gop) _2026-07-17 · Robbie Jaeger · PolitiFi_ New report shows Conservative Americans PAC spent $6.97M on PACs pretending to support Democrats ## [The Ones the Founders and Loyalists Ignored](https://roguegames.substack.com/p/the-ones-the-founders-and-loyalists) _2026-07-16 · Rogue Games · The Substack for Rogue Games_ Women, African Americans, Native Nations, and the World Beyond Philadelphia ## [Chemical Lobby, Dark Money Group, and Billionaire GOP Donor Money Routed to Pro-Stevens Super PAC](https://jaeger.substack.com/p/quick-hit-chemical-lobby-dark-money) _2026-07-11 · Robbie Jaeger · PolitiFi_ The American Chemistry Council, a newly formed nonprofit, and Republican donor funded PAC who sent money to major pro-Haley Stevens IE committee ## [They Read the Same Document and Reached the Opposite Conclusion](https://roguegames.substack.com/p/they-read-the-same-document-and-reached) _2026-07-09 · Rogue Games · The Substack for Rogue Games_ The Loyalist Reply to the Declaration of Independence ## [Non-Custodial Crypto Gateway (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/UryWw2RCGej7) _2026-07-09 · **Sponsored**_ Accept multi-chain crypto, automated fee handling, and trustless escrow with real-time settlement. ## [It Is Time](https://roguegames.substack.com/p/it-is-time) _2026-07-04 · Rogue Games · The Substack for Rogue Games_ Colonial Gothic: The Revolution Edition is live on Kickstarter. ## [The Mechanics of July 4](https://roguegames.substack.com/p/the-mechanics-of-july-4-e0b) _2026-07-02 · Richard Iorio II · The Substack for Rogue Games_ The Four Days That Created American Independence ## [AIPAC, Dark Money Rally Behind Degette](https://jaeger.substack.com/p/aipac-dark-money-rally-behind-degette) _2026-06-27 · Robbie Jaeger · PolitiFi_ Super PACs linked to AIPAC, American Bridge, and newly formed LLCs increase push in CO-01 ## [Where Was Your Pennsylvania Ancestor in 1976? Researching the Bicentennial Year](https://www.paancestors.com/pennsylvania-ancestor-1976/) _2026-06-26 · Denyse Allen · PA Ancestors_ Researching a Pennsylvania ancestor in 1976? Use the Social Security Death Index, vital records, directories, and living memory to document the Bicentennial era. ## [Filings Reveal America Votes Gave $1.97 Million To Ohio Voter Group Prior To FBI Probe](https://jaeger.substack.com/p/new-filings-reveal-america-votes) _2026-06-24 · Robbie Jaeger · PolitiFi_ America Votes Was Recently Subpoenaed For Financial Records Regarding Ohio-based Voter Organizing Nonprofit ## [You Are Not a Hero](https://roguegames.substack.com/p/you-are-not-a-hero) _2026-06-24 · Rogue Games · The Substack for Rogue Games_ In Colonial Gothic, the most terrifying thing about the horror is who is facing it. ## [Where Was Your Pennsylvania Ancestor in 1926? Researching the Sesquicentennial Year](https://www.paancestors.com/pennsylvania-ancestor-1926/) _2026-06-23 · Denyse Allen · PA Ancestors_ Researching a Pennsylvania ancestor in 1926? WWI draft cards, the 1920/1930 census, SS-5 applications, and passenger lists make this a records-rich year. (153) ## [Where Was Your Pennsylvania Ancestor in 1876? Researching the Centennial Year](https://www.paancestors.com/where-was-your-pennsylvania-ancestor-in-1876-researching-the-centennial-year/) _2026-06-21 · Denyse Allen · PA Ancestors_ Find your Pennsylvania ancestor in 1876, the Centennial year. Use the 1870/1880 census, city directories, naturalization, and newspapers to trace them. ## [Fear](https://roguegames.substack.com/p/fear) _2026-06-18 · Rogue Games · The Substack for Rogue Games_ History records the battles. It does not record everything ## [Two systems. One world. Here is why both exist.](https://roguegames.substack.com/p/two-systems-one-world-here-is-why) _2026-06-16 · Rogue Games · The Substack for Rogue Games_ Colonial Gothic has always run on the 12-sided die. That is not changing. Here is what is. ## [Where Was Your Pennsylvania Ancestor in 1826? Researching the Jubilee Year](https://www.paancestors.com/pennsylvania-ancestor-1826/) _2026-06-15 · Denyse Allen · PA Ancestors_ Researching a Pennsylvania ancestor in 1826? The 1820s left thin records — here's how tax lists, church registers, and deeds fill the gap before 1850 ## [Pennsylvania Research Is Community-Based, Not Name-Based](https://www.paancestors.com/pennsylvania-research-community-based-not-name-based/) _2026-06-08 · Denyse Allen · PA Ancestors_ Pennsylvania genealogy records are community-based, not name-based. Identify your ancestor's ethnic and religious community to find the records others miss. ## [Democratic Insiders' Dark Money Pipeline To Article One PAC](https://jaeger.substack.com/p/democratic-insiders-dark-money-pipeline) _2026-06-07 · Robbie Jaeger · PolitiFi_ New tax filings show dark money funders of Article One PAC is a new nonprofit ran by long-time Democratic operatives. ## [Anti-Gallrein Super PAC Completely Funded By Mystery LLC](https://jaeger.substack.com/p/anti-gallrein-super-pac-completely) _2026-06-04 · Robbie Jaeger · PolitiFi_ Shadow Committee That Spent Millions Opposing Ed Gallrein Was Entirely Funded By Dark Money Entity ## [The Clark Fork Group: A Decade Of Dark Money](https://jaeger.substack.com/p/the-clark-fork-group-a-decade-of) _2026-06-01 · Robbie Jaeger · PolitiFi_ Mapping A Conservative Dark Money Network ## [Entity Controlled By Paxton Campaign Treasurer Helped Fund Primary Super PAC](https://jaeger.substack.com/p/entity-controlled-by-paxton-campaign) _2026-05-28 · Robbie Jaeger · PolitiFi_ Paxton Treasurer's Role In Dark Money Group Raises Coordination Concerns ## [Philadelphia Is Digitizing 20 Million Historical Records with Ancestry: What It Means for Your Research](https://www.paancestors.com/philadelphia-is-digitizing-20-million-historical-records-with-ancestry-what-it-means-for-your-research/) _2026-05-05 · Denyse Allen · PA Ancestors_ Philadelphia signed a deal with Ancestry.com to digitize approximately 20 million vital records from the City Archives — birth, death, marriage, and property records dating from the late 1600s through 1950. Here's what researchers need to know. ## [How to Research at the DAR Library in Washington, D.C.: A Genealogist's Guide](https://www.paancestors.com/how-to-research-dar-library/) _2026-04-28 · Denyse Allen · PA Ancestors_ The DAR Library closes in July 2026 for a multi-year renovation. Plan your research trip now. Insider tips on getting there, using the collections, accessing lineage applications, and what to bring. ## [Counterfit Flavors: Mock Ginger](https://historicalcookery.substack.com/p/counterfit-flavors-mock-ginger) _2026-04-14 · Terri Karsten · Historical Cookery_ 18th century ## [Live Book Walkthrough: Colonial Pennsylvania Genealogy Research](https://www.paancestors.com/live-book-walkthrough-colonial-pennsylvania-genealogy-research/) _2026-04-02 · Denyse Allen · PA Ancestors_ Watch the live walkthrough of Colonial Pennsylvania Genealogy Research by Denyse Allen. Learn how to find the right records for your ancestor's ethnic or religious community in colonial and Revolutionary Era Pennsylvania.