Making Black Freedom in the World” uses artifacts, art, audio and video to explore the horrors of enslavement alongside the struggle for justice.

Slavery was a long-standing practice in Africa, with systems of servitude and slavery existing in many regions before the transatlantic slave trade emerged in the 16th century. In the same vein ...

Colombia’s first Black female Vice President and slavery reparations advocate, Francia Marquez, has called on former colonial powers to atone for their past and pay slavery reparations.

As the Black month unfolds, it is appropriate to dwell on the issue of intellectual slavery and the mental constitution of the colonial subject. The greatest wars take place in the territory of ...

The database builds on two earlier phases of work on British slave-ownership which worked backwards from the end of slavery to trace the development of British colonial slavery. In 1833 Parliament ...

Gorée Island, off the coast of Dakar, is a somber reminder of the transatlantic slave trade. Listed as a UNESCO World ...

Christian Pinnen will present “Race and Slavery in Colonial Natchez.” The location of the Natchez District enables a unique study of British, Spanish, and American legal systems, how enslaved ...

Barbados began as a slave colony, but ironically slavery in this ... Bonnet was eventually captured in the Cape Fear area and returned to Charleston for trial. Dubbed the Gentleman Pirate due ...

The houses are a mixture of Cape Dutch and Cape Georgian styles, originally painted white. But when slavery in the British colonies was abolished in 1833, and ex-slaves were finally permitted to buy ...

Cape Verdeans were the first Africans to arrive in the United States of America outside of slavery, and not many people are aware of this fact. Rhode Island per capita has the largest Cape Verdean ...

Ghana, the gateway to West Africa, is a country rich in history, culture, spirituality, and natural beauty. From stunning ...

Elon Musk wasn’t the first to shape the national conversation. Joshua Norton, a San Francisco cult figure, was.