"Trace/s," the Brooklyn Public Library's newest exhibit, was unveiled last week in Downtown Brooklyn, connecting the legacy ...

At the National Museum of African American History and Culture, “In Slavery’s Wake” tells the international history of ...

Mexico had already abolished slavery. Mexico did by 1829.” Freedom Papers will be open until June 28. The Briscoe Center is free to the public during the week.

Scott's extended stay in Illinois, a free state, gave him the legal standing to make a claim for freedom, as did his extended stay in Wisconsin, where slavery was also prohibited. But Scott never ...