Slavery
Zombie Movies Are Never Really About Zombies
Zombies have offered a way to work out cultural fears about everything from race to climate change
The British Museum Was a Wonder of Its Time—But Also a Product of Slavery
A new book explores the little-known life and career of Hans Sloane, whose collections led to the founding of the British Museum
How Kara Walker Boldly Rewrote Civil War History
The artist gives 150-year-old illustrations a provocative update at the Smithsonian American Art Museum
In This Quiet Space for Contemplation, a Fountain Rains Down Calming Waters
One year after the Nation’s first black president rang in the opening of the African American History Museum, visitors reflect on its impact
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The Misguided Focus on 1619 as the Beginning of Slavery in the U.S. Damages Our Understanding of American History
The year the first enslaved Africans were brought to Jamestown is drilled into students’ memories, but overemphasizing this date distorts history
Washington National Cathedral Will Remove Windows Honoring Stonewall Jackson and Robert E. Lee
Officials said the windows are "an obstacle to worship in a sacred space"
Harvard Law School Marks Ties to Slavery in New Plaque
Isaac Royall, Jr., who helped found the school in 1817, was a prosperous slaveholder
Harriet Beecher Stowe’s Disassembled Childhood Home Is for Sale... on eBay
It has yet to receive any bids
Newly Uncovered Documents Address the Mystery of One Slave’s Life
New details surrounding the identity of the enslaved man who once lived in the storied Ipswich house at the American History Museum
The Pernicious Myth of the ‘Loyal Slave’ Lives on in Confederate Memorials
Statues don’t need to venerate military leaders of the Civil War to promulgate false narratives
The Wealthy Activist Who Helped Turn “Bleeding Kansas” Free
Newly minted abolitionist Amos Adams Lawrence funneled much of his fortune into a battle he thought America couldn’t afford to lose
The "Quaker Comet" Was the Greatest Abolitionist You've Never Heard Of
Overlooked by historians, Benjamin Lay was one of the nation's first radicals to argue for an end to slavery
A Brief History of Presidential Pardons
The power bestowed upon the chief executive to excuse past misdeeds has involved a number of famous Americans
Only One Woman Who Was at the Seneca Falls Women's Rights Convention Lived to See Women Win the Vote
Charlotte Woodward Pierce was a teenager at the Seneca Falls convention for women's rights. She was 91 when women finally went to vote in 1920
Why Religious Freedom and Diversity Flourished in Early America
Jam-packed exhibition features artifacts as diverse as Jefferson's Bible, a steeple bell cast by Paul Revere and a storied Torah
This Anti-Slavery Jewelry Shows the Social Concerns (and the Technology) of Its Time
The 'Wedgwood Slave Medallion' was the first modern piece of protest jewelry
Sally Hemings Gets Her Own Room at Monticello
A renovation at Thomas Jefferson's estate will give the slave he likely fathered at least six children with a display in what may have been her quarters
The First Printed Fried Chicken Recipe in America
A white Virginian woman named Mary Randolph was the first to publish it, but fried chicken's Southern history is deeper than 'The Virginia Housewife'
Voodoo Priestess Marie Laveau Created New Orleans’ Midsummer Festival
Mardi Gras may be the city's biggest party, but St. John's Eve is its most important religious festival
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