Love in a hopeless place: two lovebirds were kidnapped from Angola and forced into labor in the Americas, yet they maintained their bond, research shows.
Slavery was a big part of it, of course, but it was not just a moral issue but one of economic and political power.
A 33-year-old Alamo resident has confessed to human smuggling charges, according to U.S. Attorney Nicholas J. Ganjei. Eusebio ...
With the first 20 Africans brought to Virginia in 1619, the United States initiated a labor system characterized by extreme ...
A 90-minute walking tour details the city’s role in promoting slavery throughout the South and the driving force of faith to survive and triumph over it.
A major flash point came when Union soldiers entered Hotel De Afrique and “attacked the defenseless occupants with knives and ...
On the night of July 1, 1839, 53 enslaved Africans revolted aboard the slaving schooner La Amistad — Spanish for “Friendship” ...
Californians rejected the anti-slavery ballot measure Proposition 6, which would have forbid forced prison labor. Reparations advocates want to try again in 2026.