One common condition required the enslaved person to live with their master until the master's death—meaning they only truly ...

At 88, historian David Levering Lewis, a biographer of W.E.B. DuBois, has filled in gaps in his knowledge of his own family ...

Those who take this backroad in New Smyrna Beach are likely to see an eerie surprise: a gravesite embedded in the middle of ...

This Black History Month, the Banner is teaming up with WriteBoston’s Teens In Print program, highlighting young voices of color. Each week, we will feature the work of three new students, who will ...

Israel How Browne, also known as Israel Howe Browne, lived at 71 Concord St. He was known to allow escaped slaves to sleep in ...

The history behind slavery is a very dark history, from being chained, whipped, raped, and lynched. Some of that history took place in Columbus, Georgia. according to historian, Johnnie Warner who ...

A 90-minute walking tour details the city’s role in promoting slavery throughout the South and the driving force of faith to survive and triumph over it.

The final twist to the story is that, thanks to an act of grace and courage by a modern lawyer, Jack McGee, the home site of ...

With the first 20 Africans brought to Virginia in 1619, the United States initiated a labor system characterized by extreme ...

These are folks that had hopes and dreams and lives and children," Lazenby explained. "And these folks, they really built ...

Mary Meachum, abolitionist dedicated her life to helping slaves escaping St. Louis to reach freedom, Illinois ...