Afghanistan’s stance on slavery has undergone a dramatic legal reversal in recent years. Under the Taliban’s current governance, since 2021, the country’s new ...

Robin Blackburn’s sweeping history of slavery and freedom in the second half of the 19th century. Robin Blackburn is undoubtedly one of the most prolific writers on the transnational histories of ...

In 1812, Spanish officials in Havana, searching the house of a man named José Antonio Aponte, discovered a wooden box hidden in a clothing trunk, opened it, and were stunned by what they found inside.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Reparations for slavery and historic discrimination against African Americans once seemed like a pipe dream. But momentum for it ...

IN SEPTEMBER 1834, the Concord Anti-Slavery Society invited delegates from fellow anti-slavery societies in New Hampshire and all “… persons who believe that ...

"Tronco" (foot stocks) (c. 1600–1800) on view as part of the Rijksmuseum's Slavery exhibition (all images courtesy Rijksmuseum) The Rijksmuseum of Amsterdam has announced that an adapted version of ...

On March 8, 1825, Lucy and Lois Tritton were paraded through the streets of New Haven, led by a drummer shouting “slaves for sale.” The mother and daughter were then marched, likely with potential ...

Fresco showing guests at a banquet and an enslaved person to the far right serving the banqueters, from the House of the Triclinium in Pompeii (40–79 CE), held by the National Archaeological Museum of ...