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

For generations, the Underground Railroad has been the quintessential story of resistance against oppression. Yet, the story is incomplete. What is far less known is that the majority of enslaved ...

In the complex tapestry of American history, the rules governing what enslaved people could or couldn’t wear played a ...

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

Like most men in Free States he is opposed to Slavery, regrets its existence, and ardently desires to abolish it. But, unlike other Abolitionists, he seeks to accomplish this end by persuasion ...

CHEYENNE — The third item of the Wyoming Freedom Caucus’ “Five and Dime Plan” is moving forward after a bill prohibiting DEI practices in state institutions passed unanimously Wednesday in ...

He was key to including the rights of life, liberty and security; the right not to be held in slavery or subjected to torture; the right to freedom of religion; and the right to freedom of thought.

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An assignment given to sixth grade social studies students at Nitschmann Middle School asking what they would do in scenarios that involved slavery was “inappropriate” and “completely ...

But one startup featured at CES this week has produced a battery made of paper, believe it or not. Flint’s paper battery is poised to provide a more sustainable and affordable alternative to ...

He was sentenced to 30 years. Sex trafficking, like forced labor, is a contemporary form of slavery. I am an academic who studies the mindset of slaveholders to understand more fully their ...