With the first 20 Africans brought to Virginia in 1619, the United States initiated a labor system characterized by extreme ...

The enslavement of millions of Indigenous people in the Americas is a neglected chapter in U.S. history. Two projects aim to ...

An overview of how Bermuda’s early colonial government drew up the legislative basis for enslavement on the island has been ...

African leaders meeting in Ethiopia this weekend are to launch a new push for slavery and colonial reparations, but can ...

While historical tensions have been acknowledged, a shared solidarity and activism highlighted the relationship between Blacks and the Irish in the U.S., which would be defined by social, cultural ...

At an antebellum plantation, during Black History Month, over 100 people came to a lecture about slavery on Saturday.

Black History Month honors the achievements and struggles of African Americans throughout U.S. history, and it’s a great time ...

The treaty was ratified two years later. The United States did not pay for the colonies, but assumed liability for $5 million in claims by U.S. citizens against Spain. Florida became a state in 1845.

For the briefest of moments, a silence fell over the pews of New Orleans’ famed St. Louis Cathedral, as the chapel filled ...

At the National Museum of African American History and Culture, “In Slavery’s Wake” tells ... Eventually, the Amistad was seized by the United States near Long Island in New York, and ...

The sales arm of American public broadcaster PBS will present a first look at the series at its screening on Wednesday, ...