18th-century slaves

Leader of Haitian Revolution and first ruler of independent Haiti (1758-1806)

Black British abolitionist and writer (c. 1745 – 1797)

African-born Russian general and military engineer (c.1696–1781)

French general (1762–1806)

bodyguard of Napoleon

British abolitionist and activist (1757–1791)

British aristocrat

early leader of Haitian Revolution

Swedish writer (1684–1736)

Haitian Maroon leader

Bashkir woman (1679–1739)

African woman enslaved in New France

Senegalese slave

One of the first people of colour in Iceland

British composer, writer and grocer

Concubine of Aurangzeb

Afrosinya Fedorova (; ) was a Finnish woman sold into Russian serfdom after being captured in war. She became the concubine of Alexei Petrovich, Tsarevich of Russia, son and heir of Peter the Great and fled with him on 26 September 1716 from his father. Information provided by her was crucial in sentencing Alexei to death after their return to Russia.

Louis-Benoît Zamor ( – 7 February 1820) was an Bengali-born slave and revolutionary who spent most of his life in France. Born in Chittagong, Bengal in , he was captured and sold into slavery and brought to France, possibly by a British sea captain. He became a servant of Madame du Barry, though after the French Revolution began in 1789 Zamor became a fervent supporter of the revolution and supplied information which led to du Barry's execution in 1793. Zamor disappears from historical records until 1815, when he was recorded as working as a teacher in Paris until his death in 1820.

Figure of the Haitian revolution

Thai chef

Swedish writer of Baltic German origin (1698–1733)

Swedish writer

leader of the Quilombo do Piolho

enslaved African woman

Harem-Queen to the Mughal emperor of India Bahadur Shah I

Finnish slave and military personnel

Cuffy, also known as Kofi Badu (died in 1763), was an African Akan man who was enslaved in the Dutch colony of Berbice in present-day Guyana. In 1763, he led a major slave revolt of around 5,000 slaves against the Dutch. The slave revolt was eventually suppressed and Cuffy committed suicide. Today, he is a national hero in Guyana.

foster son of Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette

leader of Curaçao Slave Revolt of 1795

Fante man

Breffu (possibly derived from Twi, Baffour) was an Akwamu leader of the 1733 slave insurrection on St. John (then known as St. Jan) in Danish West Indies. She killed herself with 23 other rebels to evade capture as the rebellion weakened in 1734.

founder and leader of the Mola quilombo

Spanish slave

British actor-musician

Brazilian lawyer