The biblical story of the Israelites’ exodus from Egypt is also a historical tale of reparations after...
Slavery
By the time slavery ended, over 1 million enslaved people had been forcibly moved in the domestic...
Cartter played a minor-yet-not-insignificant role at two fateful moments in the life of Abraham Lincoln. By Ann...
In 2019 there were an estimated 40 million people worldwide subject to some form of slavery, 25%...
The taking and sale of captives was a fundamental aspect of Viking activity both within and outside...
The figure of Pitt exposed the implicated nature of neoclassical sculpture and transatlantic slavery. Abstract On July...
Thaddeus Stevens was as an ardent abolitionist who championed civil rights for decades. In 1813, a young...
Garrison considered himself a pacifist, a believer in the power of truth to undo the wickedness of...
As the English colonized North America between 1607-1733, slavery became institutionalized and race-based. Introduction Slavery in Colonial...
As sugar production spread across the Caribbean, it fueled massive growth in African slavery. Introduction The first...
The Portuguese ultimately took control of worldwide sugar production in the 15th century. Introduction From a humble...
As the English colonized more land, they imported more slaves to work it. Introduction Racialized chattel slavery...
White masters could treat slaves as just another possession to be used and then disposed of when...
They did not run haphazardly into the woods, but established creative and subversive escape strategies. Historians once...
The practice continued up through 1900, dramatically impacting Native American cultures, languages, and development. Introduction Slavery was...
Lovejoy belonged to a small fraternity of editor who used their printing presses in the decades before...
A Getty conservator discusses how she protects a rare and important photograph. In late August 1850, Cazenovia,...
A resulting myth has become a symbol of the traumatizing legacy of trans-Atlantic slavery and serves as...
History is full of examples of nations paying out to compensate for slavery. But the money never...
Riots by proslavery forces raged for three days in the nation’s capital after the capture of a...
The movement to grant pensions to ex-slaves faced strong opposition from three executive branch agencies. By Miranda...
The flight of runaway slaves to Mexico is a chapter of history that is often overlooked or...
There are three main periods that describe the trajectory of African enslavement in New Spain from 1519...
Studying history is like detective work—especially when the rebellion of Black women has been left out of...
From the time that the Amistad captives arrived in the United States, their quest for freedom played...
President Lincoln was a statesman. John Brown was a radical. That’s the traditional view of how each...
Of the nine presidents who were slaveholders, only George Washington freed all his own slaves upon his...
The slave revolt in Berbice, modern-day Guyana, was unusual for its length and near success. Introduction The...
The Underground Railroad also led to Mexico. By Martin Kohn The Underground Railroad also ran south—not back...
Black cooks created the feasts that gave the South its reputation for gracious living. “We need to...