It was unlike any book they had ever seen,” Carrie Gibson writes in The Great Resistance: The 400-Year Fight to End Slavery ...

Much has been written about St. Louis’ slave history. The study of census tracts of the times notes the city’s rapid growth of Black slaves increased from 268 in 1799 to 2,656 by 1850. A mere 30 years ...

New Jersey residents might like to think that, as Northerners, we don't share the South's brutal slave history. We would be wrong. "New Jersey was known as the 'slave state of the North,' " said ...

PORTSMOUTH, R.I. (WPRI) ─ A new, innovative project is shining a light on the hidden history of Rhode Island. Slave medallions are being placed throughout the Ocean State marking the role each city ...

NEWPORT, R.I. (WPRI) — The city of Newport stepped back into the past on Thursday in an effort to reach the future. Rhode Island Slave History Medallions unveiled its newly installed marker at Bowen’s ...

NEWPORT, R.I. — Duchess (Channing) Quamino was said to be the daughter of an African prince, and became an accomplished baker and businesswoman. Newport Gardner was a musician, community activist, and ...

Lee Hawkins on honoring the past of slavery by rethinking the present. Former Wall Street Journal reporter Lee Hawkins' memoir, "I Am Nobody's Slave: How Uncovering My Family's History Set Me Free," ...

Forced labor in iron mines in Monmouth County, plantations in Hudson County and trafficking through Atlantic ports all contributed to New Jersey’s role in the devastation created by the Transatlantic ...

NEWPORT — State leaders, activists from the community and beyond, and visitors to the city gathered on Bowen’s Wharf Thursday morning to celebrate the mounting of the second of the bronze slave ...

Visitors in Newport can now learn more about Rhode Island's role in slave-related history. A dedication was held on Thursday for a "Slave History Medallion." It was put up in Newport in Bowen's Wharf ...

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