Little Known Black History Facts

Ebenezer Don Carlos Bassett was appointed as the U.S. Minister Resident to Haiti in April 1869 by President Ulysses S. Grant, making him the first African-American diplomat ever, and the fourth U.S. ambassador to Haiti. Bassett was born October 16, 1833 in Derby, Conn. To a middle-class and free Black family, despite slavery still being […]