Special appearances by Henry Louis Gates Jr. America's defining institution, as told through the lives of nine enslaved people. Enroll in the college course you wish you'd taken, learning from ...

On 1865, America abolished slavery, as it adopted the 13th Amendment into the constitution. The decision came 246 years after ...

It's a surprising and overlooked story, a blind spot in the narrative of early America: the hidden history of Indigenous ...

The Ohio State University provides funding as a founding partner of The Conversation US. As the United States continues to confront the realities and legacy of slavery, Americans continue to challenge ...

Robin Blackburn’s sweeping history of slavery and freedom in the second half of the 19th century. Robin Blackburn is undoubtedly one of the most prolific writers on the transnational histories of ...

He spoke at a museum where millions of African slaves were baptized. President Joe Biden on Tuesday, during his diplomatic trip to Angola, acknowledged America's "original sin" of slavery and the ...

At night, I lie awake at night thinking about someone I do not know. During the day, I comb through online archives and newspapers trying to find her. Her name was Cretia, and she was a 14-year-old ...

In “Captives and Companions,” Justin Marozzi traces the stories of the eunuchs, harem women and forced laborers who ...

In a northern Florida graveyard, as the trill of insects filled the air, 83-year-old Wilbur B. Bell knelt in the shade of overgrown trees and tapped on a worn gravestone. “This is my father,” Bell ...

In early and mid-2025, a claim that "only 1.6% of US citizens owned slaves in 1860" resurfaced and circulated widely online, including on X, Reddit and Facebook. As we previously reported, this claim ...

WASHINGTON − President Donald Trump said the Smithsonian museums in Washington are too fixated on "how bad slavery was" and other negative aspects of United States history as he promised to take aim ...