In early and mid-2025, a claim that "only 1.6% of US citizens owned slaves in 1860" resurfaced and circulated widely online, including on X, Reddit and Facebook.

In early and mid-2025, a claim that "only 1.6% of US citizens owned slaves in 1860" resurfaced and circulated widely online, including on X, Reddit and Facebook.

The remaining descendants of the last ship carrying enslaved Africans to land in the U.S. in 1860 met Saturday in Mobile, ...

As major European nations have legislated against it, Indian companies will need to comply to ensure continuity of business with entities abroad ...

Ancestors of the first Black man to own property in Gaston County say they’re humbled by a park built to honor him.

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The remaining descendants of the last ship carrying enslaved Africans to land in the U.S. in 1860 met Saturday in Mobile, ...

She pulled up the 1860 slave schedule. Swetnam was hoping that the ages listed would correspond with the ages she came up with earlier. They didn’t.

Potomac Streets Were Named for Defenders of Slavery Now those streets bear the names of two important leaders of the historic African-American Scotland community.