A rendering shows the proposed National Slavery Museum, as it is called in city legislation, at Lumpkin’s Jail in Shockoe Bottom.

Juneteenth celebrates the fall of slavery in the U.S. At the Charles H. Wright Museum in Detroit, visitors heard from descendants of slaves.

As negotiations for the sale of the U.S. National Slavery Museum’s Fredericksburg property continues, the museum is looking at its options, including whether to file for federal bankruptcy ...

The Castle will host a cemetery tour at the Harmar Cemetery at 10 a.m. July 26. The cemetery is located at 129 Wood St. in ...

For more than 200 years, the São José Paquete d’Africa lay hidden off Cape Town’s shore. Its excavation in 2014 uncovered a ...

The "Circle of Chains" memorial by Steven Whyte, powerfully honors the enslaved individuals who contributed to the state's ...

The museum opened its doors to the public to celebrate Juneteenth, offering free admission from 12 to 3 p.m. Saturday, with a special presentation on the holiday at 2 p.m.

In 1848 or thereabouts, a talented artist painted an almost life-size group portrait of the three children of one of the ...

The traveling exhibit, which is from the Museum of Undertold Texas History, explores the life of Agatha Babino — a formerly enslaved woman who later lived in Beaumont.

Wilder addressed the latest plans for his long-fraught efforts to build a slavery museum in his book “Son of Virginia,” saying things are still on track for a 2019 opening.