"Punishing incarcerated people for refusing to work indeed violates the state constitution’s ban on involuntary servitude and ...

Wilton Historical Society will host a screening of The Hidden History of Slavery in New York on Thursday, Jan. 22, with Emmy ...

Abraham Lincoln demonstrated beyond a reasonable doubt that our Founding Fathers believed slavery was a moral wrong.

Racism has existed across civilizations and throughout time, but in the United States it has specific ties to the institution of slavery. For hundreds of years, Black Africans and Americans were held ...

The 2025 conference in Washington, D.C., had as its theme “Catholic Archives and Slavery: Research, Collaboration and Hope,” ...

In “Captives and Companions,” Justin Marozzi traces the stories of the eunuchs, harem women and forced laborers who ...

The Maryland legislature overrode a veto by Governor Wes Moore on Tuesday, clearing the way for the creation of a commission to study potential reparations for slavery. The bill's veto was ...

A Christmas Carol is usually read as a Victorian morality tale about capitalism and compassion. Yet an autographed script ...

Ever since Eric Williams published his book Capitalism and Slavery, which demonstrated to those more inclined to weigh ...