Slavery
Wood Carvings Document Faith, Injustice and Hope in 20th-Century America
A new exhibition centered on self-taught black artist Elijah Pierce is now on view in Philadelphia
Researchers Identify Mexican Wreck as 19th-Century Maya Slave Ship
Spanish traders used the steamboat to transport enslaved Indigenous individuals to Cuba
A Newly Digitized Logbook Documents Life and Death on a Slave Trading Ship
The "Mary" departed Africa in mid-June 1796 with 142 enslaved men, women and children on board
How the Revolutionary Thinker Alexander von Humboldt Helped to Create the Smithsonian
The 19th-century polymath continues to influence the Institution’s research; a major Smithsonian exhibition explains how and why
Why Is the Dutch Royal Family's Golden Carriage So Controversial?
Critics say the coach, which is set to go on view at a museum next June, features racist, colonialist imagery
Why 'Glory' Still Resonates More Than Three Decades Later
Newly added to Netflix, the Civil War movie reminds the nation that black Americans fought for their own emancipation
Born Enslaved, Patrick Francis Healy 'Passed' His Way to Lead Georgetown University
Because the 19th-century college president appeared white, he was able to climb the ladder of the Jesuit community
Catherine the Great's Lost Treasure, the Rise of Animal Rights and Other New Books to Read
These five September releases may have been lost in the news cycle
Dublin Hotel Controversially Removes Four Statues of African Women
City officials say the Shelbourne, which moved the sculptures because it believed they depicted enslaved women, failed to follow proper procedures
The Complicated Legacy of 'My Old Kentucky Home'
Sung each year at the Kentucky Derby, the tune's original meaning has long been lost to history
British Museum Moves Bust of Founder, Who Profited From Slavery
The London institution, which reopened this week, is reckoning with its colonialist history in the wake of global protests against racism
Why the First Monument of Real Women in Central Park Matters—and Why It's Controversial
Today, New York City welcomed a public artwork honoring three suffragists. But some scholars argue that the statue obscures more than it celebrates
The Little-Known Role of Slavery in Viking Society
A new book looks at the legendary Scandinavians through their own eyes
A 1,000-Square-Foot Mosaic of Ida B. Wells Welcomes Visitors to D.C.'s Union Station
The artwork, installed in honor of the 100th anniversary of women's suffrage, celebrates the pioneering civil rights leader and journalist
Sanford Biggers' Quilts Carry Secret Messages
Inspired by antique “freedom quilts,” the artist stitches encoded icons into his own textured pieces
Two Women, Their Lives Connected by American Slavery, Tackle Their Shared History
One descended from an enslaver, the other from the people he enslaved. Together, they traveled to the Deep South to learn their families' pasts
Read Thousands of Abraham Lincoln's Newly Transcribed Letters Online
The missives, preserved by the Library of Congress, include notes to and from the beloved president
Amid Reckoning on Public Art, Statue of Black 'Everywoman' Unveiled in London
Thomas J. Price's nine-foot-tall "Reaching Out" celebrates black culture and rejects monumentalism
The Penn Museum Moves Collection of Enslaved People's Skulls Into Storage
Per a statement, the Philadelphia institution is actively working to ensure the bones' "repatriation or reburial"
20th-Century Slavery in a California Sweatshop Was Hiding in Plain Sight
The El Monte sweatshop case exposed a web of corruption—and the enslavement of more than 70 Los Angeles-area garment workers
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