Tubman escaped slavery in 1849 and settled in Philadelphia ... helping guide 150 Black soldiers on a gunboat raid in South ...

The FBI is investigating racist text messages sent this week to Black college students nationwide, including students from at ...

Let Mr. LINCOLN come forth boldly and state in words that can admit of no question, that in case of his election, so far from interfering with Slavery where it now exists, he will, as in duty ...

The descendants of one of the largest plantations in North Carolina condemned the mass texts sent to Black Americans ...

Racist text messages invoking slavery raised alarm across the country this week after they were sent to Black men, women and ...

For we ourselves were once foolish, disobedient, deluded, slaves to various desires and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful ourselves and hating one another. But when the kindness and ...

From 1820 to the dawn of the Civil War, as many as 150,000 slaves nationally fled across the Mason-Dixon Line in a sprint to ...

Calls for the UK to provide reparations for its historical role in the slave trade have reignited ahead of a meeting of Commonwealth countries on Friday. While Sir Keir Starmer said reparatory ...

Keir Starmer is facing a growing clamour for Britain to pay slavery reparations, which some estimates say could exceed £200 billion. At the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in Samoa ...

The seven African-American artists’ works examine the past, present and future repercussions of slavery. Traditional boubous, wide-sleeved robes worn across West Africa, mixed with black suits ...

David Edwards has spent over a decade reporting on social justice, human rights and politics for Raw Story. He also writes Crooks and Liars. He has a background in enterprise resource planning and ...

The FBI is investigating racist text messages sent this week to Black college students nationwide, including students from at least four South Carolina schools. The federal law enforcement agency ...