D URING THE American Gilded Age of the late 19th century, economic booms and busts followed each other so regularly that they ...

Furcy, né libre* (2025) by Abd Al Malik is a recent movie on Indian Ocean slavery at the turn of the 19th century.

Race did not spread because it was scientifically persuasive. It spread because it served very human interests.” ...

Catharine Beecher was a 19th-century advocate for women's education, but she's best known for promoting the idea that women's ...

A cleric, Dr Iwuchukwu Ezenwafor, has as a result, petitioned United States of America President Donald Trump to initiate a global reparation process for Africa over the transatlantic slave trade. The ...

A Freeport woman connects a root cellar to possibly protecting slaves in the Underground Railroad.

Mae Ngai is the Lung Family Professor of Asian American Studies and Professor of History at Columbia University.

Historians say pinpointing the first escape is really hard to nail down, and a lot of stories from enslaved people aren't written.

In the United States, March 4 used to be Inauguration Day, so it often signaled changes in leadership and direction. Over time, the same date also gathered events in science, culture, and social ...

Princess Beatrice and Princess Eugenie have reportedly been banished from a key royal day out, amid the Epstein scandal ...

Tribal citizens whose ancestors were enslaved by citizens of several tribal nations in Oklahoma are starting to see more inclusive access to Native American health care, education and other social ...

The Witch House offers a more intimate look at the period, being the actual home of Judge Jonathan Corwin who participated in ...