Former slave and American philhellene James Williams fought in the Greek War of Independence for the freedom of Greece and ...

Greece became the first European state to abolish slavery and declare freedom and independence for all during the Greek ...

Ghana’s resolution represents a decisive step in an ongoing effort of historical reclamation and political transformation.

For much of Christian history, theology placed limits on slavery. In late antiquity and the medieval period, the prevailing teaching was that while it was permissible to enslave non-Christians — ...

A study on the manumission of enslaved people in the state of Bahia is revealing the complex realities of slavery and emancipation in Brazil during the 19th century. The research draws from several ...

BOSTON (AP) — More than a decade before he became the country’s first president, George Washington was leading a critical campaign in the early days of the American Revolution. The Siege of Boston was ...

Archaeologists in Ukraine have discovered red lumps of cinnabar — a mineral form of the highly toxic chemical mercury sulfide — in a 1,900-year-old double burial of two Scythian women, according to a ...