The Complex Role of Slavery in Building America’s Wealth

The world’s largest slave society was a crucial factor in the country’s economic takeoff beyond what’s commonly assumed.
Smithsonian Magazine

The Vast Geographic Scope of Slavery Is Hard to Fathom. One Groundbreaking Exhibition Shows Its True Scale Around the Globe

Charcoal portraits depict six of the enslaved Africans who were aboard the Amistad, the 19th-century slaving schooner that became the center of a landmark Supreme Court case. After they were stolen ...

How the Declaration of Independence inspired the world despite Jefferson’s contradictions on slavery

As America marks 250 years since the Declaration, Jefferson’s words have taken on an aura of moral clarity about equality, ...
Smithsonian Magazine

Legacies of Resilience

A National Museum of African American History and Culture Exhibition frames the history of slavery in a global context Abigail Pocasangre & Julia Ross Artist Daniel Minter created this installation ...
insider.si.edu

From slavery to freedom : a history of African Americans / John Hope Franklin, Alfred A. Moss, Jr

AAPG copy 39088019788785 signed by author, "To Gwendolyn Knight and Jacob Lawrence, with admiration and affection." 1. Land of Their Ancestors. Ghana. Mali. Songhay. Other States -- 2. The African Way ...
Black Enterprise

Barbados Cotton: The Government’s Labor Call Amid Slavery’s Lingering Threads

As the cotton harvest approaches, its success hinges on Bajans’ willingness to unify their economic potential and the historical weight of slavery—and the trauma they carry. The Bajan government, in ...
The Conversation

Three graphic novels that address the history of slavery – and commemorate resistance

Dominic Davies does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond ...
WLRN

Vaccine mandates: The role of slavery, racism in the history of public health policy

This article is republished from The Conversation, an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts. Lauren MacIvor Thompson is an Assistant Professor of ...
CNN

Biden acknowledges horrific history of slavery that has connected the US and Angola while projecting optimism for future ties

President Joe Biden on Tuesday acknowledged how the horrific history of slavery has connected the United States and Angola while delivering a hopeful vision for the future in a major speech from a ...
Democracy Now

On The Smithsonian and Slavery: Trump’s Whitewashing of History

On Tuesday, President Trump attacked the narrative long taught in US schools and documented in museums, about the abhorrent, centuries-long practice of slavery. He focused on The Smithsonian ...
WLRN

Vaccine mandates: The role of slavery, racism in the history of public health policy

This article is republished from The Conversation, an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts. On Sept. 3, 2025, Florida announced its plans to be the ...