CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCIV) — Within the walls of The Old Slave Mart, there are newspapers dated back to the 19th century. They showcase front page ads of enslaved people without a voice. "Slavery and ...

Robin Blackburn’s sweeping history of slavery and freedom in the second half of the 19th century. Robin Blackburn is undoubtedly one of the most prolific writers on the transnational histories of ...

Abolitionists used hard facts to counter pro-slavery propaganda, forcing indifferent Americans to face ugly realities.

Robin Blackburn is undoubtedly one of the most prolific writers on the transnational histories of slavery and abolition in the Americas today. Along with essays and books on everything from the ...

The newspapers of St. Augustine's early American decades (1820s-1840s) gleefully reported election wrangles and insults. There was the short-lived Florida Gazette, the East Florida Herald, the Florida ...

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The Dutch central bank apologized for its involvement in the trans-Atlantic slave trade in the 1800s on Friday, the anniversary of the Dutch abolishment of slavery. Klaas Knot, the president of De ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Charles Vanthournout, Université de Lorraine (THE CONVERSATION) When Napoleon embarked ...

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Genealogist Alexander Bannerman reveals his findings in a forthcoming book about Biden's family. Bannerman said the ties to slavery are limited, saying, "Not a lot of ancestors, and not a lot of ...