Stephanie Jacobe, director of archives for the Archdiocese of Washington, has conducted extensive research into the harsh reality of the Catholic Church in Maryland owning, and selling, enslaved ...

The "Honoring Those Who Were Enslaved" project is the result of "engagements with the community of descendants of enslaved ...

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 American Revolution was one of the most radical acts in human history, casting aside centuries of monarchical despotism ...

Ken Burns' new six-episode docuseries 'The American Revolution' looks at the attitude George Washington had toward allowing ...

“W hen shall we hear the joyfull sound … that slavery is no more?” So asked Jupiter Hammon, an enslaved man whose life in New ...

Detroit’s Reparations Task Force has submitted its long-anticipated report of recommendations to the City Council for programs to repair harms and compensate Black residents for historically ...

The cast is extensive with over 60 voice actors appearing, including Hollywood celebrities Morgan Freeman, Meryl Streep, Tom ...

Americans have begun celebrating the 250th anniversary of the revolutionary war that freed our nation from Britain’s monarchy ...

From there, we leapt over centuries of empire, slavery and revolution in America to arrive triumphantly at the First and ...

Burns and co-director Sarah Botstein discuss their six-part, 10-year labor of love, which finally makes it to PBS on6.

The most consequential shift that year was not one of battle lines but of ideology.