With President Donald Trump’s endorsement secured, Rep. Byron Donalds entered Florida’s 2026 governor’s race as the clear ...

Slavery—and it’s harrowing and depraved legacy—still has modern-day repercussions for Black Americans. It lasted four centuries and was the worst crime against humanity this country has ever committed ...

Nearly nine months before U.S. President Abraham Lincoln delivered his Emancipation Proclamation calling for the end of slavery, the District of Columbia outlawed the slavery and paid reparations to ...

“This was not about the past,” Nkrumah Steward told ABC News. — -- It was a meeting 181 years in the making as Nkrumah Steward, a slave descendant, and Robert Adams, a plantation owner, sat down ...

The first nude sculpture of a woman widely seen by the American public depicted a slave, just decades before the Civil War. Measured Perfection: Hiram Powers’ Greek Slave now at the Smithsonian ...

Excellence is afoot in Trenton. On the one hand, the Passage Theatre Company’s production of Amiri Baraka’s monumental pairing of one-act plays, “Dutchman” and “The Slave,” offers a special ...

Inside the Boston Public Library, deep in the stacks, are clues to an escape from slavery in 1848 – a breathtaking combination of daring and deception. Author Ilyon Woo, who has spent the last seven ...

Sexual liaisons between mixed-race couples during the slavery era form the centerpiece of 'Slave Play,' a provocative world-premiere satirical work from award-winning young playwright Jeremy O. Harris ...

Author Richard Reddie writes about the Atlantic slave trade, how the Bible was used by Christians on both sides of the issue and the abolitionists who sought to bring it to an end. Like most holy ...