Consequently, rich merchants established plantations using slave labour. Likewise, other sites and monuments linked to slave trade have become interesting historical sites that attract thousands of ...

BUNCE ISLAND, Sierra Leone (Reuters) - The ivy-clad ruins perched on a strip of mud in the Sierra Leone river hide a dark past, but have become an unlikely symbol of hope for many African Americans ...

At least 12.5 million African people were trafficked to the Americas during the Transatlantic Slave Trade, wreaking a profound economic impact on a number of states, including Connecticut, according ...

A new Smithsonian book reckons with the enduring legacies of slavery and capitalism Jennifer L. Morgan Blueprint, Terry Boddie, 2017. This work juxtaposes an image of a housing development in Harlem, ...

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