Research led by the Ruth J. Simmons Center for the Study of Slavery and Justice is highlighted in two museums in Rio de ...

On Nov. 6, Morven Museum and Gardens (Morven) opened an exhibit called “Northern Families, Southern Ties.” This exhibit ...

Siddharth Kara's new book corrects the historical record, stating the slave ship was named the "Zorg," not the "Zong." The ...

Governments and religious institutions regulate marriage. Such regulations are heavily laden with specific moral ideas and cultural taboos. There are heated debates around what counts as “proper” ...

The Historical Markers project, pioneered by the Columbia University and Slavery project, debuted its first public display last week at a Columbia University Irving Medical Center residence hall ...

Every chapter invokes a name. Among them Sabina, “given” to Mercy and Shubael Taylor (in what is now Yarmouth) in the late ...

Representatives of the descendants of African slaves and Indigenous peoples of Suriname on Monday formally accepted an ...

Much has been written about St. Louis’ slave history. The study of census tracts of the times notes the city’s rapid growth of Black slaves increased from 268 in 1799 to 2,656 by 1850. A mere 30 years ...

Cassius Marcellus Clay’s outspoken abolitionism put his life at constant risk. He traveled with pistols and a Bowie knife.

Special appearances by Henry Louis Gates Jr. America's defining institution, as told through the lives of nine enslaved people. Enroll in the college course you wish you'd taken, learning from ...

Yale University has apologized for its historical connection to slavery. The Ivy League institution said in a news release on Friday that the apology is a component of its “ongoing work to understand ...

Leiden Mayor Peter Heijkoop has issued an apology for the city government’s historical involvement in the colonial system. He ...