Juneteenth marks the day in 1865 when enslaved men and women in Texas found out they were free. But liberation didn't arrive ...

Here are ten shocking facts about slavery and American descendants of chattel slavery who survived the unthinkable in the United States. Slavery is often taught as a straightforward chapter in ...

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The United Nations General Assembly is due to vote on Wednesday on a resolution that would designate the transatlantic ...

Robin Blackburn is undoubtedly one of the most prolific writers on the transnational histories of slavery and abolition in the Americas today. Along with essays and books on everything from the ...

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On Tuesday, President Trump attacked the narrative long taught in US schools and documented in museums, about the abhorrent, centuries-long practice of slavery. He focused on The Smithsonian ...

At night, I lie awake at night thinking about someone I do not know. During the day, I comb through online archives and newspapers trying to find her. Her name was Cretia, and she was a 14-year-old ...