For genealogists, President Barack Obama's family tree is the gift that keeps on giving. The connection to Punch, an indentured servant condemned to slavery in 1640, comes from Obama's mother's side ...

About two dozen people gathered at St. Luke’s Episcopal Church on Sunday, Aug. 25, for one of America’s most somber anniversaries. Churches throughout the United States rang their bells for four ...

CU Boulder’s Henry Lovejoy updates LiberatedAfricans.org, which highlights a largely forgotten period of time in the history of African diaspora For Henry Lovejoy, an associate professor of history at ...

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click image for close-up American illustrator Howard Pyle, illustrator of many historical and adventure stories for periodicals, created this depiction of a slave auction in New Amsterdam (later to be ...

HAMPTON, Va. — June 19, 1865 marks the day the last enslaved Black people learned they were emancipated from the Confederacy. Now a national holiday, Juneteenth offers a moment to celebrate freedom ...

An open-air Mass in Brazil on May 17, 1888, commemorating the abolition of slavery. (Alamy) It was the morning of May 24, 1888, and a large, ethnically diverse crowd waited in the Sala Ducale of the ...

A special committee of the African Union and Caribbean Community, together representing 75 countries, endorsed the demand that European states should pay reparations for “historical mass crimes.” ...

“West Indies: The Fugitive Slaves of Liberty,” a 1979 African movie musical, has quietly built a devoted fan base. Now, it’s back in a restoration. By Juan A. Ramírez It’s safe to say that the ...

U.S. singer Ciara is one of the first public figures to become a citizen of Benin under a recent law by the small West African country granting citizenship to descendants of slaves. The Grammy-winning ...