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, ...

There is danger in clinging to erroneous information when presented with contradictory evidence. It's a threat to our past and our future.

Community activists with ancestral ties to enslaved people at Louisiana plantations are using a unique legal theory to gain ...