It's a surprising and overlooked story, a blind spot in the narrative of early America: the hidden history of Indigenous ...

On 1865, America abolished slavery, as it adopted the 13th Amendment into the constitution. The decision came 246 years after ...

Brown Confronts Slavery, Second in a series. Though the University Steering Committee on Slavery and Justice was expected to submit its report to President Ruth Simmons this spring, it is unclear when ...

On Hilton Head Island in the Deep South, Annabel Grossman visits one of the most significant, but often overlooked, ...

Slavery is often taught as a straightforward chapter in American history: it began, it was brutal, it ended with the Civil War, and the nation moved on. But the truth is far more complex, global, and ...

As the United States continues to confront the realities and legacy of slavery, Americans continue to challenge myths about the country’s history. One enduring myth is that slavery was a largely male ...

Olaudah Equiano's harrowing first-person account of being captured in Africa, transported across the Atlantic in horrific conditions aboard a slave ship, and sold into slavery in colonial America.

HARPERS FERRY, W.Va. — By the roiling rapids of converging rivers, President Donald Trump's campaign to have the government tell a happier story of American history confronts its toughest challenge.

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- When Benjamin Prine died in October 1900, departing the world at the age of 106, The New York Times published a small obituary for the Port Richmond resident, calling him “New ...

As the United States continues to confront the realities and legacy of slavery, Americans continue to challenge myths about the country’s history. One enduring myth is that slavery was a largely male ...