History is full of examples of nations paying out to compensate for slavery. But the money never went to those who suffered ...

Research on Boston's Home for Aged Colored Women offers a poignant window into a past we only thought we knew.

Americans have celebrated Black History Month each February. This week, explore the history of Ripon’s early African-American ...

Heritage Mississauga undertook an arduous task trying to trace our earliest Black residents on the landscape of what we would ...

Trace/s,” an exhibition at the Center for Brooklyn History, highlights the borough’s neglected story of slavery — and the ...

The USS Constellation is a well-known Civil War ship, the last all-sail warship built by the United States Navy.

John Ganson died in 1874 and was buried in Forest Lawn Cemetery in Buffalo. His obituary stated that “He was a War Democrat, ...

A look at slavery through the eyes of a young woman named Harriet, who was sold at auction in 1861 to pay for her white owner's debt.

"Trace/s," the Brooklyn Public Library's newest exhibit, was unveiled last week in Downtown Brooklyn, connecting the legacy ...

The Senate had passed the Amendment on April 8, 1864. Ganson, who was born in Le Roy, represented the 30th Congressional ...