According to the Columbus State University archives, by 1860, 37% of the city’s population was enslaved. Several slaves are buried in The Porterdale Cemetery located on the corner of 10th Ave. and ...

On the night of July 1, 1839, 53 enslaved Africans revolted aboard the slaving schooner La Amistad – Spanish for “Friendship” – while they were being shipped to a ...

A look at slavery through the eyes of a young woman named Harriet, who was sold at auction in 1861 to pay for her white owner's debt.

A group of Minneapolis police officers and Black residents explored history museums and historic sites in Alabama detailing ...

The next big domino in WNBA free agency has fallen, as the Dallas Wings traded forward Satou Sabally, the No. 2 overall pick in 2020, to the Phoenix Mercury. The trade, announced Sunday ...

Indictment Accuses White Couple of Forcing Adopted Black Children to Work as 'Slaves,' Says Judge Want to keep up with the latest crime coverage? Sign up for PEOPLE 's free True Crime newsletter ...

Police issued a warrant at a residential property on Merlin Road in Blackburn yesterday (January 30). This comes as a wider investigation into modern slavery is taking place across Greater ...

Calgary also sent a second-round draft pick in 2025 and a seventh-round pick in 2028 to Philadelphia. Farabee, 24, is a Cicero native who was the 14th overall pick in the 2018 draft by Philadelphia.

The contraband cotton slaves of South Carolina have, to some extent, been employed in the necessary work, and with good results. There are, according to the estimates made by one of our ...

As Business of Fashion reports, the U.S. State Department has had its sights set on this local industry for years, but also warns that when it comes to modern slavery ... and third is cotton picking.