People who share a special bond will gather in Colleton County to talk about an important event in history known as the ...

A century before today’s fights on book bans and history curriculums, pioneering Black lawmaker John Roy Lynch sought to ...

Sierra Leone’s capital city, Freetown, is widely known as the home of formerly enslaved people – hence its name. Founded in ...

UA Little Rock is set to open its "Slavery and Freedom" art exhibit, which showcases two Arkansans' incredible fight for ...

They likely farmed out the most physically arduous elements of composition. But they (and God) still deserve credit for the ...

For hundreds of years, the lives of enslaved men and women on plantations have been shrouded in mystery. Walter Hawthorne hopes to change that.

Jeanne Morrow grew up in the Java area of Pittsylvania County. She was just a child when she heard stories about her enslaved ...

Genetic researchers and historians say the DNA of 27 people who were enslaved in Frederick, Md., before the Civil War indicates they have about 42,000 living relatives.

The resulting battle narrative is remarkable because it is provided by those who are usually voiceless in the documentation ...

Equal Justice Initiative Bryan Stevenson, executive director of the Equal Justice Initiative, says in the United States the ...

Everett has reclaimed James from the peripheries and urges the reader to listen to his story. With James as our narrator, we ...