Slavery had a long history in the ancient world and was practiced in Ancient Egypt and Greece, as well as Rome. Most slaves during the Roman Empire were foreigners and, unlike in modern times ...

This article was originally published in Alabama Reflector. The Equal Justice Initiative will soon open a third site in the Montgomery area memorializing victims of racial violence. Freedom ...

click image for close-up Born in 1824 in Lovell, Maine, Eastman Johnson took to art early in life ... A Ride for Liberty -- The Fugitive Slaves, depicts a black family fleeing toward freedom.

Unusually for a a sacred site, this sculpture was dedicated to Fundilia by her former slave Doctus, an actor.This herm sculpture was excavated by Lord Savile, the British Ambassador, at the Temple ...

The slave ship Brooks was first drawn and published in an abolitionist broadside by William Elford and the Plymouth chapter of the Society for Effecting the Abolition of the Slave Trade in ...