A rising wave of racist violence in the South prompted President Ulysses S. Grant to legal and military action against the Ku ...

Alleging that Latter-day Saints are neither white nor Christian alleviates some of the tension, and possibly some of the ...

The "Circle of Chains" memorial by Steven Whyte, powerfully honors the enslaved individuals who contributed to the state's ...

The Rev. Diane Badger, the administrator of the American Baptist Church of Massachusetts who oversees the archive, teamed up ...

An antislavery spy who worked for the British in New York in the 1800s lived in a house that is now home to an allergy doctor ...

As a historical interpreter, researcher, artist, and designer, Cheyney McKnight incorporates 18th and 19th-century African American design skills to create pieces with a modern twist.

By contrast, the slave trade in the Muslim world has been even more enduring. Beginning in the 7th century, and continuing right into modern times, the institution has overseen the enslavement of up ...

Liberia is a country that was founded as a place to relocate freed African American slaves in the 19th century, according to the BBC. The relocation served as a solution to the “issue” of African ...

Ball, a free man of color, opened a one-room photo studio in Cincinnati in 1845, but the business soon folded. He honed his ...

A statement made by Cuban content creator Elieser El Bayardo has ignited a storm of reactions on social media by drawing a ...

Trump made the remarks at a White House meeting with the leaders of several African nations. Many Liberians are the ...

The Joseph H. and Belle R. Braun Professor of American Jewish History at Brandeis University, Sarna has been a force in his ...