Some African Americans are among those are taking advantage of a new law in Benin that grants citizenship to those who can trace their lineage to the slave trade.

European merchants deported an estimated 1.5 million slaves from the Bight of Benin, a territory that includes modern-day Benin and Togo and part of modern-day Nigeria, said Ana Lucia Araujo, a ...

European merchants deported an estimated 1.5 million slaves from the Bight of Benin, a territory that includes modern-day Benin and Togo and part of modern-day Nigeria, said Ana Lucia Araujo, a ...

In a groundbreaking move, Benin has taken significant steps to address its historical involvement in the transatlantic slave trade by offering citizenship to descendants of those enslaved. This ...

Benin's new law grants citizenship to descendants of the slave trade. Nadege Anelka and Nate Debos apply for citizenship to reclaim their heritage.

PHOTOS: Benin grants citizenship to slave descendants as it faces its own role in the trade Benin is not the first country to grant citizenship to descendants of slaves.

An estimated 1.5 million slaves were deported from the Bight of Benin, a territory that includes modern-day Benin and Togo and part of modern-day Nigeria, said Ana Lucia Araujo, a professor of ...

European merchants deported an estimated 1.5 million slaves from the Bight of Benin, a territory that includes modern-day Benin and Togo and part of modern-day Nigeria, said Ana Lucia Araujo, a ...

As Benin grants citizenship to slave descendants, it reckons with its own history in the trade - Some Americans and others are taking advantage of a new law in Benin that grants citizenship to ...

Some African Americans are among those are taking advantage of a new law in Benin that grants citizenship to those who can trace their lineage to the slave trade.