Take a Louisiana plantation tour and discover how glamorous New Orleans society was supported by enslaved workers who made ...

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

While genetic tests can reveal the ancestry of enslaved individuals, strontium analysis can now home in on where they actually grew up.

One year after the first shots of the Civil War were fired at nearby Fort Sumter, the Planter’s three white officers went ...

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

A self-guided walking tour in Wooster is shedding light on the city’s African American history, showing how the past is woven ...

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

You really can’t overstate the case for visiting Cape Town. First, there’s the in-your-face beauty of a craggy mountain range ...

Slavery has existed in the world for several millennia. Before the development of technology to perform tedious tasks, slave ...

Instead, consider planning a trip to Diamond Beach on the same day you stop by the Anse Cafard Slave Memorial. While you're there, be sure to take pictures of Diamond Rock in the distance.

William Aiken Jr. and his wife in the 1830s and 1850s ... the kitchens and the slave quarters. The slave quarters, which feature original paint and flooring, have remained untouched over time ...

Stunning discoveries and fresh breakthroughs in DNA analysis are changing our understanding of our own evolution and offering a new picture of the "other humans" that our ancestors met across ...