It is built on the bedrock of resilience, fortified by the mantra “wi likkle but wi tallawah”, and guarded by a cultural ...

A new memorial sign for the formerly enslaved at the Houston Plantation went up just within the last few days, leading ...

Banzo' writer-director Margarida Cardoso explains how she used the idea of homesickness as a powerful force that dismantles an institution of evil ...

Before European contact, the Cherokee had a practice of adopting and enslaving prisoners of war from other tribes.

Transatlantic slave trade forcibly transported millions of Africans to Americas from late 15th to 19th century - Anadolu ...

Yet with centuries of archeological artifacts and one cemetery visible on Mississippi River maps from the 1800s, independent ...

When the enslaved people at the Patton Plantation, now known as the Varner-Hogg Plantation State Historic Site, were ...

The bronze sculpture was created by North Shields-based artist Keith Barrett and it stands at the top of the Riverside ...

When someone died in the 19th century, the family would place a black wreath on the front door to signify a house in mourning. The house would lose its color. Lavish meals were avoided. Portraits of ...

A 176-year-old plantation and slave cemetery has been uncovered, revealing a hidden chapter of history. This site offers a solemn look into the lives of those who endured unimaginable hardships.

Ancestry: Descendant of slaves who worked on plantations in the South. She grew up as Mae Bell Witherspoon in Arkansas. She believes her family got the name Witherspoon from a slave owner. Many ...