Slavery
The White House Was, in Fact, Built by Enslaved Labor
Along with the Capitol and other iconic buildings in Washington, D.C.
The Media Village at the Rio Olympics Is Built on a Mass Grave of Slaves
As Brazil looks forward to an Olympic future, it buries its past
Few Artifacts of the Transatlantic Slave Trade Still Exist. These Iron Blocks Help Tell That Gut-Wrenching Story
A profound symbol of the horrific conditions aboard a slave ship is the ballast used as a counterweight for human cargo
Where’s the Debate on Francis Scott Key’s Slave-Holding Legacy?
During his lifetime, abolitionists ridiculed Key’s words, sneering that America was more like the “Land of the Free and Home of the Oppressed”
Five Things to Know About the Declaration of Sentiments
From seating to suffrage, here’s why the document is relevant today
Studying Bacon Has Led One Smithsonian Scholar to New Insights on the Daily Life of Enslaved African-Americans
At Camp Bacon, a thinking person’s antidote to excess, historians, filmmakers and chefs gather to pay homage to the hog and its culinary renown
An Archive of Fugitive Slave Ads Sheds New Light on Lost Histories
Wanted ads posted by slave owners reveal details of life under slavery
Five Fascinating Details About the Media Mogul Who May Have Written 'Mary Had a Little Lamb'
Everywhere that Sarah Josepha Hale went, success was sure to go
What Can the Collapse of the Whig Party Tell Us About Today’s Politics?
Is the Republican party on the verge of catastrophe? Probably not, if history is any indicator
The New York Slave Revolt of 1712 Was a Bloody Prelude to Decades of Hardship
304 years ago today, a group of black slaves rose up against white colonists in New York
Inside America’s Auschwitz
A new museum offers a rebuke — and an antidote — to our sanitized history of slavery
Harvard Law Will Ditch Its Signature Shield Because of Its Slaveholding Roots
Student protests upended another on-campus symbol of racism and forced labor
What Makes the Underground Railroad Such a Rich Opportunity for Storytelling
On television and in the new Smithsonian museum, the path to freedom comes alive
Colonial America Depended on the Enslavement of Indigenous People
The role of enslaving Native Americans in early American history is often overlooked
The Slaves of the White House Finally Get to Have Their Stories Told
Long ignored by historians, the enslaved people of the White House are coming into focus through a new book by Jesse J. Holland
How a Nearly Successful Slave Revolt Was Intentionally Lost to History
More than 500 slaves fought for their freedom in this oft-overlooked rebellion
The History of the United States’ First Refugee Crisis
Fleeing the Haitian revolution, whites and free blacks were viewed with suspicion by American slaveholders, including Thomas Jefferson
After 70 Years, Japan and South Korea Settle Dispute Over Wartime Sex Slaves
Even with this agreement in place, many are still seeking a better resolution
Georgetown University Is Trying to Purge Its Slave Trade Connections
Financed in part by the sale of 272 people, the school is grappling with its relationship to the institution of slavery
Retracing Slavery's Trail of Tears
America's forgotten migration – the journeys of a million African-Americans from the tobacco South to the cotton South
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