As the U.S. celebrates 249 years of independence, we reflect on the milestones that shaped its democracy—an enduring ...

The Barbados Tropical Garden transports you to the Caribbean without the hassle of passports or airport security lines. Palm fronds create a gentle symphony overhead as tropical flowers compete for ...

The Georgia chapter of a Confederacy group has filed lawsuits against a state park over an exhibit on slavery, segregation, ...

A volunteer searching the archives of the American Baptist in Massachusetts has found a nearly 180-year-old document shedding ...

The holiday to mark the end of slavery in the U.S. goes back to an order issued on June 19, 1865, as Union troops arrived in Galveston at the end of the Civil War.

(Volume 4) by Donnan, Elizabeth, 1883-1955, editor Topics Slave trade -- United States -- History -- Sources, Slave trade -- History -- Sources, Esclaves -- Commerce -- Histoire -- Sources Publisher ...

Amid a debate surrounding the Black Lives Matter protests in Australia, Prime Minister Scott Morrison said that the colony of NSW was founded on the basis there would be no slavery. RMIT ABC Fact ...

Enslaved persons, sailors, and other groups at the bottom of the colonial hierarchy of power rose up against their oppressors. These rebellions struck fear in the heart of rulers everywhere, and ...

Take away its legal sanction and subsidy, and the institution’s entire economic edifice crumbles.

In early and mid-2025, a claim that "only 1.6% of US citizens owned slaves in 1860" resurfaced and circulated widely online, ...