The Civil War was raging and the vessels were filled with Union troops, many of them from the 2nd South Carolina Colored Infantry, on a mission to strike Confederate plantations. There to guide them ...

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

Afro-American Historical Association of Fauquier County database, with PATH Foundation support, includes more than 79,000 records available to the public.

The ferry operator pulled his large flatboat to the edge of the Virginia shore of the Ohio River. He watched and listened ...

A local historical group is documenting the African American presence in this county from its founding in 1759 to the Jim ...

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

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

At one point, the settlement seemed poised “to become the city of destiny,” one historian wrote. But it didn’t last.

Will of Eliza Goundry widow of Ealing proved 15/01/1835, leaving everything (including Green Park and the compensation for the enslaved people on it) to her stepson George Alexander Goundry (q.v.).

Adventurous travelers like to scale the sides of this active volcano, but there are other, safer (and dare we say smarter?) options for enjoying the area. One of the most popular options involves ...

Until her death 85 years ago on January 13, 1940, Matilda was the last surviving passenger on the last-ever slave ship bound from the West African coast to North America in late 1859. Her story ...

The associated correspondence of December 1830 dealing with the case are in the National Archives and include correspondence from James Stephen, legal adviser, proceedings of customs officers in ...