HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - Many Pacific islands were victims of the slave trade, with many island populations wiped out by “blackbirding,” defined as the coercion of people through deception and ...

J.M.W. Turner’s 1840 painting "Slave Ship (Slavers Throwing Overboard the Dead and Dying, Typhoon Coming On)" depicts the callous cruelty of the slave trade. (Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Henry Lillie ...

NEW ORLEANS – Thousands of tourists stream into the French Quarter each year through beautiful Esplanade Avenue, an oak tree-studded stretch known for its Creole cottages. The tremendous trees are a ...

A new exhibition at the Royal Academy of Arts in London looks at how artists of earlier centuries depicted enslaved people — and how contemporary creators do. By Farah Nayeri Reporting from London Two ...

CAMBRIDGE IN THE 17TH AND 18TH CENTURIES. JENNIFER: OUTSIDE ONE OF THE OLDEST HOUSES IN CAMBRIDGE IS A NEW ART INSTALLATION MEANT TO EVOKE AN UNTOLD HISTORY. >> MASSACHUSETTS, CAMBRIDGE WAS A PART OF ...

Machine generated contents note: pt. I Slavery and Memory in Contemporary African Diasporic Art -- ch. 1 Lost and Found at the Swap Meet: Betye Saar and the Everyday Object / Lubaina Himid -- ch. 2 ...

London is planning to unveil the U.K.’s first memorial commemorating the victims of transatlantic slave trade. The city is aiming to have it ready for the public it in the summer of 2026, according to ...