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Once home to Cornelius Scipio Africanus, a famed Roman general who defeated Hannibal, the former port city is now an archaeological park, and its ruins include a forum, temple, amphitheater and ...
LITTLE ROCK (KATV) — A home that once belonged to African American activist Scipio Africanus Jones has been put on the "most endangered places" list by Preserve Arkansas. Jones' home ...
PATRICIA KIENZLE: Author of a children's biography of Scipio Africanus Jones. Credit: Brian Chilson A children’s book that tells the story of early 20th-century black lawyer Scipio Africanus ...
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — A new film that will star Sterling K. Brown will focus on Scipio Africanus Jones, who was a lawyer who defended 87 men who were wrongfully accused of murder after the Elaine ...
The Molineux family gave him his full name, George John Scipio Africanus, but his original African name is unknown. Documents show he married in Nottingham in 1788, external and was buried in 1834.
The headstone in memory of Scipio Africanus, who lived in Bristol in the 18th Century, was smashed Thousands of pounds have been raised to restore the grave of an enslaved African man which has ...
Two headstones marking the grave of Scipio Africanus have been damaged 300 years after his death (Iwona Barbaszyńska/Mark Weston) Two headstones marking the grave of a man born into slavery have ...
Two headstones in memory of Scipio Africanus, who lived in Bristol in the 18th century, were smashed. A message scrawled in chalk nearby called for the statue of Edward Colston to be put back or ...
The damaged headstone of Scipio Africanus at St Mary's Churchyard on June 18, 2020 in Bristol, England. (Getty) A headstone to Scipio Africanus behind a padlocked gate at the entrance to St Mary's ...
In 1766, aged just three, George John Scipio Africanus was taken from what is now Sierra Leone and forced into slavery. But by the time he died, almost 70 years later, he owned his own business ...