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

A powerful orator, Garnet helped shift the landscape on the abolition of slavery from trying to convince enslavers of the ...

Abolitionist Rev. Jermain Loguen called Syracuse's Jerry Rescue of 1851 “earthquake voice through the land” against slavery.

Author Neil Gaiman is accused of human trafficking, sexual abuse, assault and rape in a lawsuit filed against him and ...

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

Affluent liberals' purported compassion bears a striking resemblance to self-interest. In fact, like their 19th-century ...

New York City is renowned as a global center of finance, commerce and culture, but its role in slavery is far lesser known.   Although the slave trade is typically associated […] ...

Teen pleads guilty to murder: A teenager admitted Thursday that he fatally shot 15-year-old Alexcia “Lexi” Lynch last summer ...

Stephen Puleo’s biography offers a fresh glimpse into the Radical Republicans’ struggle against slavery and shines a light on ...

Gen. William T. Sherman‘s infamous “March to the Sea” is covered almost antiseptically in American history texts. Yet, ...

Author Neil Gaiman and his estranged wife Amanda Palmer were sued in federal cases filed in New York, Wisconsin, and ...

In his new tasting menu series, Tristen Epps offers a sneak peek of his upcoming restaurant BuBoy while educating diners on ...