Research has revealed that the Royal Mail Steam Packet Company (RMSPC), once the largest British shipping company during the ...

With the first 20 Africans brought to Virginia in 1619, the United States initiated a labor system characterized by extreme ...

Growing up, Dayna James never thought she’d willingly step foot on a plantation, let alone thank God for one. On an early ...

Ellis’ dream of wresting power from the emperor was but one small moment in his boundary-breaking life. Eulogized as a ...

The enslavement of millions of Indigenous people in the Americas is a neglected chapter in U.S. history. Two projects aim to ...

After stumbling upon her rich family history, the Fort Worth woman made it her mission to save a historic freedom colony in ...

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The history of enslaved firefighters offers a cautionary tale about the dangers of relying on involuntary labor to fight ...

And then there was Abby Fisher, who was born into slavery and later worked as a cook in Alabama and California before becoming an entrepreneur, a cookbook author and an authority on Southern cuisine. ...

Slavery was illegal within the boundaries of the Dutch Republic on the European continent. But it was widely practised within Dutch colonies around the world. Slavery was central to their trade ...

But it was widely practised within Dutch colonies around the world. Slavery was central to their trade overseas – from the inter-Asian slave network that made possible their domination in the ...

Slavery was illegal within the boundaries of the Dutch Republic on the European continent. But it was widely practised within Dutch colonies around the world. Slavery was central to their trade ...