Before 1619, enslaved landed in Florida. In 1738, their descendants founded the country’s first free Black settlement, Fort ...

Arlington is taking a cue from Germany, where “stumbling stones” are embedded near the homes of Holocaust victims.

The history behind slavery is a very dark history, from being chained, whipped, raped, and lynched. Some of that history took place in Columbus, Georgia. According to historian, Johnnie Warner who ...

"Individual histories are completely erased" by the slave trade, says Oelze ... from Africa during the largest forced migration in history? Strontium exists in bedrock and leaves its signatures ...

Wilson says Native American tribes in the straits practiced slavery for a variety of cultural reasons. That’s changed as ...

Lucy and Lois Tritton were paraded through the streets of New Haven, led by a drummer shouting “slaves for sale.” The mother ...

The Hampton National Historic Site near Towson tells the history of slavery at a former plantation site in Baltimore County.

While on an artists’ retreat at a former slave plantation, our columnist Eirinie Carson muses on history’s worst moments – ...

Black women in colonial Boston fought for justice and shaped the city’s history. Their resistance, resilience, and legacy ...

We are really proud that New York state is only the second state to establish a statewide effort to look at reparations and its enduring harm." ...