Slavery was neither central to America’s founding nor the primary source of the country’s subsequent prosperity. Yet both ...

List of Illustrations; List of Tables; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Maps; Introduction; 1. The Early Years of the Slave Trade; 2. The Portuguese Pioneers; 3. Spain ...

We are not exactly sure how much of a victory the United Nations’ recognition of the trans-Atlantic slave trade as the “gravest crime against humanity” really is, given that the General Assembly ...

Life, death, and terror in the slave trade -- The evolution of the slave ship -- African paths to the Middle Passage -- Olaudah Equiano : astonishment and terror ...

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 ...

The United Nations General Assembly, that playground for dictators, terrorists and supporters of terrorists, on March 25 passed a resolution condemning the Transatlantic slave trade by a 123-3 ...

French president’s use of term comes as demand grows for formal discussion on addressing legacies of enslavement ...

The National Assembly voted 254-0 — a rare show of unanimity — to adopt a bill repealing Code Noir, or Black Code, the 1685 decree King Louis XIV signed to govern slaves across France's colonies.

Pope Leo Seeks Forgiveness for Catholic Church’s Involvement in the Slave Trade ...