Walking through history and Savannah’s stories of slavery
A 90-minute walking tour details the city’s role in promoting slavery throughout the South and the driving force of faith to survive and triumph over it.
Reverend, a slave, and the Black Heritage Trail of NH
The final twist to the story is that, thanks to an act of grace and courage by a modern lawyer, Jack McGee, the home site of ...
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Erie’s first black resident, Boe Bladen, the original owner of Glenwood Estates land
As we continue our observance of black history month, we do a deeper dive into the life of the first black property owner in ...
A Black Family Now Owns the Site of America’s Largest Slave Revolt
Growing up, Dayna James never thought she’d willingly step foot on a plantation, let alone thank God for one. On an early ...
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Holocaust Remembrance Day versus slavery heritage
THE world set aside January 27 every year as International Holocaust Remembrance Day to remember one of the worst human tragedies of all times. The holocaust was a systematic genocide against European ...
Rare portraits reveal the humanity of the slaves who revolted on the Amistad
On the night of July 1, 1839, 53 enslaved Africans revolted aboard the slaving schooner La Amistad – Spanish for “Friendship” ...