The roots of American slavery precede early modern European thought and extend back to Greece and Rome.

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

The remains of a North Yorkshire priory is our Object of the Week. Once a Cistercian nunnery founded in about 1200, the site ...

In the third episode of Jane Austen’s Paper Trail, we speak to Austen experts about her politics and views on slavery, as we ...

The bronze sculpture was created by North Shields-based artist Keith Barrett and it stands at the top of the Riverside ...

The Anne Arundel NAACP has disavowed Anne Arundel County’s upcoming apology for its role in slavery, with current and former ...

When the enslaved people at the Patton Plantation, now known as the Varner-Hogg Plantation State Historic Site, were ...

Mary Ann Macham, who escaped a plantation in Virginia and found sanctuary on Tyneside, has been honoured with a sculpture ...

Houmas House sits gracefully along a bend of the Mississippi River, on land once inhabited by the Houmas Indians. Over ...

Kolkata: Land at Bangkok, walk out of the airport, get into a waiting van and then disappear into a shadow route carved ...

The Archdiocese of Washington launches a historic initiative to honor people enslaved by the Church in Maryland, including ...

The remains of a North Yorkshire priory is our Object of the Week. Once a Cistercian nunnery founded in about 1200, the site today survives as ...