Stories by Northman

I learned of the inevitability of fate in the year 1638. I had not intended to travel to the New World like my brother or my father, (I had, in fact, given up hope that my father was even alive somewhere in the New World at all) however my career under the British crown pushed me into serving as...

Ward Wardwell was a respectable man as they could come, with his respectful wife, Chastity, and their children, Wardley, Wilda, Winston, and another on the way. Despite his young age, he had made himself a wealthy member of the London company which would soon invest in the exploration of the New...

The Oriental was a strip club in Vegas, though it was not on the strip, and had no employees from “the Orient”. The dancers, servers and bouncers were African-American, and the owners were white. and the decor was a Chinese New Year celebration glitz and Neo-Tokyo techno-glow. It was here in...

“Jaren Washington - 255 pounds!” The announcement echoed through the hall, and as the powerfully-built heavyweight champion flexed good-naturedly at the crowd amidst raucous cheers, Desirée Watters rose from her seat to applaud her man. The big fight was one night away - a much-anticipated...

Slavery has been practiced for as long as human memory last. The Romans were the most famous classical example, but they were by no means the first. However, modern slavery has its roots in the initial colonial expansion by the Portuguese, who established forts along the west coast of Africa in...