Historians say more details about the lives of enslaved Africans need to be taught

The Whitney Plantation in Louisiana focuses on the history and contributions of enslaved Africans

Efforts to decolonize Berlin as UN calls for reparations to right ‘historical wrongs’

‘Mexodus’ musical introduces audiences to a different Underground Railroad for people fleeing slavery

Juneteenth offers a ‘window into the complexity’ of US history with slavery, says author

Who was Toussaint L’Ouverture, the namesake behind Boston’s new Haitian cultural center?

Making Reparations Work in America

Alabama Memorial Confronts America’s Legacy of Lynching

Liberia was founded by people enslaved in the US. Advocates say the US should not end an immigration program that helps them.

American Icons: Uncle Tom’s Cabin

Cakewalk

Why the West should care about Thailand’s new fight against fishing slavery

Reckoning with America’s original sin.

Witchcraft can be the toughest chain to break for Nigerian women looking to escape slavery

Five things to consider if you are reading ‘My Family’s Slave’

AWL examines the road out of sex trafficking, from Uganda, India, Brazil and beyond

This underground railroad took slaves to freedom in Mexico

The curious origins of the ‘Irish slaves’ myth

American Icons: Monticello

Lessons from South Africa as Georgetown attempts reparations for slavery

In a digital archive of fugitive slave ads, a new portrait of slavery emerges

How one student used documents and DNA to find her enslaved ancestors

Washington was once quite literally a ‘cesspool’

Native Americans get the chance to tell their side of the Pilgrim story

What might have happened if Kennedy had lived?

Should Caribbean nations be compensated for the legacy of slavery?