With the first 20 Africans brought to Virginia in 1619, the United States initiated a labor system characterized by extreme ...
A major flash point came when Union soldiers entered Hotel De Afrique and “attacked the defenseless occupants with knives and ...
Growing up, Dayna James never thought she’d willingly step foot on a plantation, let alone thank God for one. On an early ...
The papyrus details the prosecution of two main defendants: Gadalias, a notary’s son and something of an ancient Roman “bad ...
Even as the federal government attempts to downplay the significance of Black History Month, New York City will continue to ...
Toussaint L’Ouverture emerged as the leader of the Haitian revolution in the late 1780s, playing a key role in leading the ...
Slavery was a business, a commerce, a financial enterprise expanding American capitalism. In fact, most economists agree that ...
In October 1854, a large crowd in Worcester, Massachusetts took action against the presence of "slave catcher" Asa O. Butman ...
Kendrick Lamar’s Super Bowl halftime performance is growing in viewership hours after the big game, gaining more than 11 ...
On the night of July 1, 1839, 53 enslaved Africans revolted aboard the slaving schooner La Amistad – Spanish for “Friendship” ...
And then there was Abby Fisher, who was born into slavery and later worked as a cook ... amounts to “the greatest theft in publishing history,” McElveen alleged. Even despite this, Hemings ...