The enslavement of millions of Indigenous people in the Americas is a neglected chapter in U.S. history. Two projects aim to ...

Commissioner Jeanette Moy announced the 2025 Black History Month observance at the Empire State Plaza will feature exhibits and events celebrating African Americans' history, accomplishments, ...

The GOP’s silence after the pardons made it complicit in Trump’s decision to normalize paramilitary violence in the US.

The USS Constellation is a well-known Civil War ship, the last all-sail warship built by the United States Navy.

Slavery has existed in the world for several millennia. Before the development of technology to perform tedious tasks, slave ...

A little-known element is shedding light on the transatlantic slave trade. Researchers have assembled a map of strontium, a naturally occurring element, across sub-Saharan Africa. These data can ...

A look at slavery through the eyes of a young woman named Harriet, who was sold at auction in 1861 to pay for her white owner's debt.

Linsey Davis interviews Lee Hawkins, a journalist, about his searing new memoir, "I Am Nobody's Slave: How Uncovering My ...

It is estimated that 500 to 100,000 slave ships crashed at the height of the transatlantic trade, and with it, the lives of ...

Marqu – or Margru – was one of the three young girls who were aboard the Amistad. In her portrait, she gently smiles – a glint of a personality that’s persevered despite the trauma of the voyage and ...

I've received this from Stephen Glynn in the US who suggests an interesting resource for those interested in anti-slavery patrols: I absolutely love listening to your podcasts, and I have especially ...

Published in New York in 2001, between the first and second editions of Obama’s autobiography, Segal’s book reveals a history of East Africa which Obama’s book fails to disclose - a history of Islamic ...