Slavery is a major aspect of American history, which our national museums must continue to explain, if we are to understand our real past.

President Donald Trump is fiercely challenging the Smithsonian exhibits showcasing slavery in America and the country’s darkest moments in history, an immense deviation from the […] ...

There was no one type of slavery in ‘biblical’ or ‘ancient’ societies, given how varied they were. But much of what ...

Volkswagen's Brazil unit has been ordered to pay 165 million reais ($30.44 million) in damages for subjecting workers on a farm to slavery-like conditions in the 1970s and 1980s, labor prosecutors ...

Some plantations offer education about slavery while maintaining the sense of Old South grandeur. Destrehan Plantation's website touts its education center in a former overseer's cabin, including ...

Each side has descendants of slaves to add moral oomph to its arguments. I bet that would astound the beings who are buried along what is, at least for now, Old Slave Road.

A father and son pleaded guilty yesterday to forcing dozens of deaf Mexicans to sell $1 trinkets on the subways a decade ago. The pleas in U.S. District Court in Brooklyn close a case that drew ...

Within the walls of The Old Slave Mart, there are newspapers dated back to the 19th century. They showcase front page ads of enslaved people without a voice.

First image: Visitors stop to examine panels containing historical information on slavery at the Old Slave Mart Museum. Second image: Shackles used to bind enslaved people during transport are on ...