An overland journey north was an impractical choice for many who sought to escape slavery. Some fugitives took to the sea.

In 1863, abolitionist Harriet Tubman guided a raid that liberated nearly 760 enslaved people working on rice plantations ...

The stunning vessels from the H. Wilson & Company were forgotten for generations, only to gain new appreciation for the ...

Sebastião Salgado, renowned for his striking black-and-white photography that chronicles the human condition, environmental ...

Top-down hierarchical design methodology combined with physical ... It bridges the gap between logical and physical design by adding physical reality to the abstract view of the design planning ...

Dr. Rebecca Crumpler was the first Black woman to become a physician in the United States. Working in the aftermath of the ...

Esi Edugyan’s novels like 'Washington Black' rethink history from the margins. Her powerful storytelling reveals forgotten ...

Ten photographers share their most prized mementoes collected while travelling, sharing everything from the priceless to the ...

Massachusetts was one of the original 13 colonies that founded the United States. Known as the “Bay State,” there are loads of things to do in Massachusetts. Massachusetts has a rich history, art, ...

Ugandan judge Lydia Mugambe, 50, was convicted under Britain's Modern Slavery Act of taking "advantage ... facilitating travel with a view to exploitation, forcing someone to work, and conspiracy ...

Jamie Foxx stars as Django — a slave ... down a pair of vicious slavers known as the Brittle Brothers. Their successful mission leads them to hunting down more criminals, landing on the ...

Influencer Jalen Noble is setting the record straight about his new home in Texas after fans suggested it was built on a plantation ... the land was home to slaves decades prior.