Discover the hidden story of African activists fighting against domestic slavery in West Africa, challenging colonial administrations and exposing pro-slavery practices.

Minnie “Gracie” Gadson claps her hands and stomps her feet against the floorboards, lifting her voice in a song passed down ...

Determined to discover the source, course, and mouth of the Niger River, this British explorer witnessed much more than just the tracing of its waters. His notes revealed the everyday life in Africa ...

Elon Musk's historical misstep on slavery sparks backlash as critics slam his revisionist narrative, exposing his flawed ...

Ciara was granted citizenship by Benin as part of a law granting citizenship to descendants of enslaved people, in an effort ...

As federal judges block parts of Trump's agenda, some have issued dramatic and emotional opinions with their orders.

In Hulu’s soapy “Washington Black,” about an early-nineteenth-century slave who escapes to Halifax, Brown rises above the ...

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem yanked the protections for the three nations in June and July and offered each a ...

Approximately 1.5 million Africans were captured, enslaved, and deported to the New World by Benin's tribal leaders.

Two years ago, the release of a documentary in Spain set off a fiery debate in the region of Catalonia that is still simmering. The film, “Negrers: La Catalunya esclavista,” or “Slavers: Catalonia and ...

NEW YORK (PIX11) — It is estimated that 500 to 100,000 slave ships crashed at the height of the transatlantic trade, and with it, the lives of more than a million people were lost. Over the last ...