A landmark exhibition on slavery in the Dutch colonial era that was first staged at Amsterdam's Rijksmuseum is going on display at the United Nations in New York. The show, titled "Slavery. Ten True ...

Renée Graham is correct about the power of keeping people ignorant about slavery (“How white supremacy weaponizes ignorance,” Opinion, June 16). One of the most important books about the effect of ...

In the years following, ships transported at least 400,000 slaves from Africa to ports in New England and the southern states. Their free labor allowed the tobacco, cotton, and sugar industires to ...

A paradox in the history of slavery in the United States is that many of the opponents of slavery were themselves slave owners (Johnson & Johnson, 2002). One example is George Mason, a slave owner who ...

At night, I lie awake at night thinking about someone I do not know. During the day, I comb through online archives and newspapers trying to find her. Her name was Cretia, and she was a 14-year-old ...

June 19 (UPI) --Juneteenth holiday events across the nation celebrate and memorialize June 19 in 1865, when 250,000 slaves in Texas were granted their freedom following the Civil War. President Joe ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — More than 150 years after slaves were freed in the U.S., voters in five states will soon decide whether to close loopholes that led to the proliferation of a different form of ...

Slavery may sound like an issue of the past, but the topic was on the ballot in two states — California and Nevada — during the 2024 general election. As election results were coming in on Nov. 6, ...

The writers, members of the New York University Prison Education Program Research Lab, are the authors of “Abolition Labor: The Fight to End Prison Slavery.” Today we celebrate Juneteenth, the day ...