Young children who grew up in slavery on Surinamese plantations were much more likely to die if they were without a mother.

A US District Court has certified a class action for incarcerated men at Angola Prison who are forced to perform punitive ...

HENDERSON, N.C. (WTVD) -- Following through on a promise to build his grandchildren a space to play, Kenneth Spellman discovered his newly purchased property held priceless stories of North Carolina's ...

NEW ORLEANS – Thousands of tourists stream into the French Quarter each year through beautiful Esplanade Avenue, an oak tree-studded stretch known for its Creole cottages. The tremendous trees are a ...

The museum acquired the collection, the largest and most complete set of Charleston slave badges, in 2022. 146 slave badges from Charleston, South Carolina. Photo courtesy of the Smithsonian National ...

CHARLESTON COUNTY, S.C. (WCIV) — Marking a difficult time in the United States' history. Friday, Charleston leaders unveiled two new signs to describe and acknowledge the history of the Slave Trade in ...

As America continues to observe Black History Month, it's hard to believe there are still people alive today who had a parent born into slavery. One of the few left is 89-year-old Daniel Smith, whose ...

Sacred Stitches reveals the hidden messages behind slave codes.

In "Master Slave Husband Wife: An Epic Journey from Slavery to Freedom" (Simon & Schuster), author Ilyon Woo recounts a remarkable 19th century story of deception, in which a fair-skinned enslaved ...

The exhibit uses a widely circulated 18th century illustration, “Stowage of the British Slave Ship Brooks Under the Regulated Slave Trade Act of 1778,” which documented the brutal packing of enslaved ...

A forceful 19th-century essay on the rise of the slaveholding oligarchy asked: “Where will it end?” ...