It's estimated that over 11 million Africans were enslaved, with more than 1 million dying during the brutal transatlantic voyage to the New World. Once slaves were captured throughout the continent, ...

At least 12.5 million African people were trafficked to the Americas during the Transatlantic Slave Trade, wreaking a profound economic impact on a number of states, including Connecticut, according ...

Much has been written about St. Louis’ slave history. The study of census tracts of the times notes the city’s rapid growth of Black slaves increased from 268 in 1799 to 2,656 by 1850. A mere 30 years ...

Special appearances by Henry Louis Gates Jr. America's defining institution, as told through the lives of nine enslaved people. Enroll in the college course you wish you'd taken, learning from ...

New Jersey residents might like to think that, as Northerners, we don't share the South's brutal slave history. We would be wrong. "New Jersey was known as the 'slave state of the North,' " said ...

Abraham Lincoln demonstrated beyond a reasonable doubt that our Founding Fathers believed slavery was a moral wrong.

COLUMBUS, Ga. (WTVM) - According to a recent study, 37% of the Columbus population was enslaved by 1860. The history behind slavery is a very dark history, from being chained, whipped, raped, and ...

Amid contentious national pushback over how much of the full history of slavery in the United States should be taught in schools, the holiday season represents a particularly overlooked period. Around ...

Growing up, Dominique Williams visited her grandmother every weekend. And on each trip, she was greeted by a piece of her past, a name stitched in fabric, filled with centuries of legacy and mystery. ...

THE time has come for some one to write the classical biography of Abraham Lincoln. All the essential materials for such a life are now in our possession. Memoirs and Reminiscences without number have ...

Enslaved people helped build the foundation of CT. Get to know the lives they lived. Slavery has deep roots in Connecticut and across New England. Enslaved people helped build the foundation of much ...