A letter from a former slave who lived on a Wilson County plantation in the mid-1800s offers a new look into how she adjusted ...
Historic Brattonsville in York County will host Black History Month events based on the life of an enslaved woman who lived ...
Outraged critics accused President Donald Trump of “whitewashing history” on Friday after the National Park Service removed an exhibit on slavery at Philadelphia‘s Independence National Historical ...
Caroline Hixson's "incredible story offered readers a glimpse into a supposedly bygone world of slavers, enslaved peoples, overseers, and plantations." ...
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A slave-born woman’s grave was fading away - so we stepped in

Back at the old Whitehead Plantation slave and descendants cemetery, we return to the grave of Samantha Street, a woman born into slavery whose headstone is now more than 104 years old. Time, moisture ...
In this adapted extract from The Crown’s Silence, which examines the royal family’s links with slavery from Elizabeth I to the present, Ottobah Cugoano directly appeals to the monarchy – but is met wi ...
Slavery is one of the most tragic realities of human history. It has led to conflicts, trauma, generational inequality, and more. Throughout the world, there have been many instances of societies ...
Residents and guests at the Covenant Living Holmstad in Batavia learned about “Civil War Quilts: Secret Codes to Freedom on ...
In the mid-1800s, before the Civil War, Thomas White fled his enslavement in Maryland for freedom. It was a risky escape, one that involved a horseback ride under the cover of darkness, abolitionists ...
Hulu is starting off February with the streaming premiere of Fox’s latest drama, Memory of a Killer. That show debuted last week, and it’s already near the top of Hulu’s movie and TV show rankings.
ICE raids compared to to modern-day slave patrols, highlighting similarities in racial profiling and disregard for constitutional rights.
After building a museum, memorial and sculpture park, the Equal Justice Initiative opens a new site celebrating Civil Rights ...