

Yesterday, what is wrong with this photo was shared of a person with two pregnant women. He captioned the pic in a way that made people think both women were expecting his baby…but he’s cleared the air. One is his God son, one other his son.
Matilda McCrear lived long enough to become a human bridge between Africa, American slavery, and the modern era. Born in West Africa around 1857, she was captured as a toddler and transported across the Atlantic aboard the Clotilda in 1860—the last known ship to bring enslaved Africans illegally into the United States. Her Yoruba name was Àbáké, meaning “born to be loved by all.” The facial scars on her left cheek, preserved in photographs, marked her as Yoruba. The voyage ...