More than two centuries ago, an enslaved man named Gabriel was making final preparations to lead a revolt in Richmond that he hoped would spur the end of slavery. He was smart, he was armed and he was ...

Slaves William and Ellen Craft’s dangerous journey to freedom in the mid-1800s. David Wright interviews best-selling author Ilyon Woo about her new book, "Master Slave Husband Wife." Woo tells the ...

King's Chapel unveiled “Unbound," a sculpture honoring the at least 219 men, women, and children who were enslaved by past ministers and parishioners. The post Centuries-old church on the Freedom ...

Buffalo honored one of its most prominent 1800s Black residents with a new gravesite marker. Find out who it is and why this ...

"The Divided North," by Maine author Carol Gardner, argues that Maine was just as divided as any other region of the country ...

Engraving depicting the shooting of Major Pitcairn at the Battle of Bunker Hill by free black man Peter Salem, public domain. Slavery is the great exception to the rule of liberty proclaimed in the ...