Former slaves

companion of Muhammad and first Islamic mu'azzin (c.580–640)

Italian consort of Phraates IV

companion of Muhammad

was a slave from Georgia who rose to the rank of officer in the army of sultan.

former Sudanese slave, abolitionist

Georges Biassou was an early leader of the 1791 slave rising in Saint-Domingue that began the Haïtian Revolution.

enslaved African woman

founder and leader of the Mola quilombo

Nigerian businessman

Cuban enslaved fugitive

First black king born in the Americas

thumb|S'Nabou in Le Monde illustré, 2 July 1892 '''Alima S'Nabou''' (born c. 1880) was an African interpreter (from modern day Nigeria) who accompanied a French explorer named Lieutenant Mizon.

Nigerian traditional state leader