Slavery
Terrorized African-Americans Found Their Champion in Civil War Hero Robert Smalls
The formerly enslaved South Carolinian declared that whites had killed 53,000 African-Americans, but few took the explosive claim seriously—until now
Did Francis Drake Bring Enslaved Africans to North America Decades Before Jamestown?
The English privateer arrived on the Carolina coast after sacking Spanish lands in the Caribbean, but who, if anyone, did he leave behind?
Museum Ties Portraits of the Wealthy to Their Slaveholding Pasts
New signs at the Worcester Art Museum illuminate how wealthy New Englanders benefitted from the slave trade
Charleston, South Carolina, Formally Apologizes for Its Role in the Slave Trade
Some 40 percent of enslaved Africans entered the country through Charleston
Why Juneteenth Celebrates the New Birth of Freedom
The commemoration of the end of slavery holds special meaning for Americans nationwide
Putting Enslaved Families' Stories Back in the Monticello Narrative
An oral history project deepens our understanding of U.S. history by sharing accounts of the community owned by Thomas Jefferson
Rarely Seen 19th-Century Silhouette of a Same-Sex Couple Living Together Goes On View
A new show, featuring the paper cutouts, reveals unheralded early Americans, as well as contemporary artists working with this old art form
The Story of Josiah Henson, the Real Inspiration for 'Uncle Tom’s Cabin'
Before there was the novel by Harriet Beecher Stowe, a formerly enslaved African-American living in Canada wrote a memoir detailing his experience
Zora Neale Hurston's 'Barracoon' Tells the Story of the Slave Trade's Last Survivor
Published eight decades after it was written, the new book offers a first-hand account of a Middle Passage journey
LiDAR Gives Researchers New Insight Into the Lives of Montpelier's Enslaved Population
Around 300 enslaved people lived and worked on James Madison's historic estate
Five Things to See at Alabama’s New Memorial to Lynching Victims
The memorial, along with a new museum, exposes America's fraught legacy of racial violence from slavery to lynchings to mass incarceration
A Statue of a Doctor Who Experimented on Enslaved People Was Removed From Central Park
The discussion over the memorialization of James Marion Sims offers the opportunity to remember his victims
Runaway Slaves Built This Fort to Defend Their Freedom
An archaeological expedition into the wilderness of North Carolina uncovers evidence of a remarkable settlement once filled with runaway slaves
Underground Railroad Safe House Discovered in Philadelphia
Preservationists say they have identified the home of famed black abolitionist William Still, who offered refuge to hundreds of freedom seekers
A New Memorial Remembers the Thousands of African-Americans Who Were Lynched
Next month's opening of the monument in Alabama will be a necessary step in reckoning with America's deadly past
Monument to a Historic Black Woman Will Replace Racist Statue in Pittsburgh
A city task force is asking the public to help decide who should be honored
A Slave Cemetery May Have Been Discovered at a Plantation Near Annapolis
Archaeologists have found possible grave markers, and cadaver dogs have indicated the presence of human remains
How I Learned About the “Cult of the Lost Cause”
The mayor of New Orleans offers his reading list for anyone looking to better understand the real history of Confederate monuments
York Explored the West With Lewis and Clark, But His Freedom Wouldn’t Come Until Decades Later
In some ways, he encountered a world unavailable to the enslaved. But in others, the journey was rife with danger and degradation
New Historic Marker Highlights Nathan Bedford Forrest's Ties to the Slave Trade
An earlier marker only noted the Confederate general, widely believed to be the Ku Klux Klan's first leader, became wealthy from his ‘business enterprises’
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