A friend recently echoed the typical response I hear from people who have seen the film 12 Years a Slave: “I was moved.” Maybe they’re afraid to say too much because it’s about racism. But a more ...

While Charleston's African-American heritage can be appreciated year-round, the month of February, known as Black History month, is an ideal time to check out Boone Hall Plantation and Garden's new ...

Prologue -- Mesopotamia versus Mount Airy : the demographic contrast -- Sarah Affir and her Mesopotamia family -- Winney Grimshaw and her Mount Airy family -- "Dreadful idlers" in the Mesopotamia cane ...

Several high-profile celebrities were slapped with human-trafficking charges in late 2024, from music mogul Sean Combs, known as P. Diddy, to former Abercrombie & Fitch CEO Mike Jeffries. Neither has ...

Harriet, a 21-year-old Black woman, was one of many people sold at auction near what is now Court Square Fountain in downtown Montgomery. Montgomery was a major hub for the slave trade, with numerous ...

Prologue: Tragedy and sacrifice in the history of slavery -- The political economy of slavery in Africa -- Why Africans? The rise of the slave trade to 1700 -- Slavery and the African population: a ...

Smartphones, computers and electric vehicles may be emblems of the modern world, but, says Siddharth Kara, their rechargeable batteries are frequently powered by cobalt mined by workers laboring in ...

Slave insurance was one of America’s earliest forms of industrial risk management that provided an important source of revenue for companies On the morning of April 20, 1859, a terrible explosion ...

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