Several years before the Civil War broke out, William Cooper Nell, a Boston-born abolitionist and journalist, dedicated himself to an unheard-of task.

Explore the vibrant culture and history of Senegal, West Africa. Discover the resilience of the Senegalese people and the haunting legacy of the Transatlantic Slave Trade.

In the mid-1800s, before the Civil War, Thomas White fled his enslavement in Maryland for freedom. It was a risky escape, one that involved a horseback ride under the cover of darkness, abolitionists ...

A leading historian examines how the monarchy not only tolerated slavery but also administered it, profited from it and ...

Along West Africa's slave coast, a painful past is being preserved — and marketed — raising questions about memory, tourism and profit.

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.

A professor and author who penned a book rebutting much of the modern teaching of American history in classrooms nationwide told Fox News Digital that today's curriculum intentionally presents Western ...

The Aklis site, a significant pre-Columbian archaeological site within Sandy Point National Wildlife Refuge of Concordia Bay Beach.This site has shell middens and burials showcasing early indigenous ...

Rabbi David Einhorn, an American abolitionist. Credit: Wikimedia Commons. The Jewish people in America have long punched above their demographic weight. Consider how deprived our science, music, ...

Growing up, Dominique Williams visited her grandmother every weekend. And on each trip, she was greeted by a piece of her past, a name stitched in fabric, filled with centuries of legacy and mystery. ...

NORTHAMPTON — They stand throughout the room, life-size and conspicuous, yet faceless. One plays a fiddle. Another holds a hammer. Others carry lanterns or babies. They are identified by name and a ...