Poet Phyllis Wheatley, born in 1753, was freed on this day in 1773. Kidnapped in Africa and sold as a slave when she was only ...

Outraged critics are accusing President Donald Trump of “whitewashing history” after the National Park Service removed an exhibit on slavery at Philadelphia’s Independence National Historical Park.

Today we visit the Ihagee Plantation in Alabama, where an old slave burial ground sits separated from the family cemetery—yet it may hold just as many graves, if not more. Most burials here have no ...

Black landowners from a Georgia island community founded by freed slaves are fighting their latest property dispute with local officials at the ballot box.

Hawaii’s law represents one of the most brazen attempts yet to effectively nullify the Supreme Court’s landmark decision in New York State Rifle & Pistol Association v. Bruen ...

After Grant was voted in to succeed Johnson, he appointed Longstreet as the surveyor of customs for New Orleans. Governor ...

During the Bosnian War, Sarajevo wasn’t just besieged—it was hunted. This documentary exposes the so-called “Sarajevo Hunting Club,” a shadowy group accused of turning civilian killings into organized ...

Seventy-five miles northeast of Disney World, a tangled forest of palms, pines, and mossy oaks nearly reclaims the charred remnants of Bulow Plantation and the hulking ruins of its massive ...

In the broad sweep of 19th-century American history, the life of John Henry “Jack” Yates stands at the intersection of ...

David George was born enslaved in Virginia in 1742, but he never gave up on his fight for freedom. His repeated getaways, ...

The end of slavery was not solely brought about by the Civil War in the U.S., but also by centuries of resistance across the Americas. This was part of California's story.