Much has been written about St. Louis’ slave history. The study of census tracts of the times notes the city’s rapid growth of Black slaves increased from 268 in 1799 to 2,656 by 1850. A mere 30 years ...

Mississippi's own documents from 1861 show the state seceded from the Union to protect slavery, not states' rights. Where did ...

Linford Fisher’s work on the project started with considering New England’s connection to the Atlantic slave trade.

These two sides of the argument over how we remember Washington are the inspiration for John Garrison Marks’s new book, Thy Will Be Done: George Washington’s Legacy of Slavery and the Fight for ...

New renderings reveal the historical whitewashing that Trump’s White House is trying to impose at the President’s House Site ...

"A wide-ranging, powerful, alternative vision of the history of the United States and how the slave-breeding industry shaped it. The American Slave Coast tells the horrific story of how the slavery ...

is KRIS 6 News Evening Anchor and Reporter. She is excited to be back in South Texas, after reporting in her hometown of San Diego, California. CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — Scholars and historians are ...

NEWPORT, R.I. — Duchess (Channing) Quamino was said to be the daughter of an African prince, and became an accomplished baker and businesswoman. Newport Gardner was a musician, community activist, and ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — A Smithsonian museum exhibit about the maritime journey that millions of Africans were forced to take across the Atlantic to slavery in the Americas will change later this month, ...

The United Nations General Assembly, led by Ghana, recently passed a resolution by a 123-3 vote declaring that the ...