Nearly a decade ago, Boston’s Old North Church opened a Colonial-themed chocolate shop named for Captain Newark Jackson, a prominent early member of the historic church and a pillar of Boston’s ...

If you’ve taken a trip to America’s Oldest City, you’ve most likely seen the Old Slave Market at the east end of the plaza. However, the realities of what happened there nearly two centuries ago -- ...

Susan Ross was a 3-year-old slave living in Texas when her family learned they were free. Even as a child, she remembered how excited her older brother was when he received the news. “When my oldest ...

The main reason people come to visit the Old North Church in Boston’s historic North End is to see the famous steeple where two lanterns signaled to Americans Paul Revere’s famous cries that “the ...

Georgetown County Sheriff's Office seeks help locating missing 15-year-old The Georgetown County Sheriff's Office is seeking the public's help in locating a missing 15-year-old, who was last seen on ...

The Freedom Monument Sculpture Park will expose visitors to 170-year-old slave dwellings from cotton plantations, holding pens, and more. A groundbreaking new site, the Freedom Monument Sculpture Park ...

A Virginia judge has ruled that embryos can legally be classified as property or “chattel” — a decision with echoes of slavery in the U.S. Fairfax County Circuit Court Judge Richard Gardiner partially ...

I recently read an old history book (courtesy of my favorite Mondragón Books): Liberty and Slavery: Southern Politics to 1860, by William J. Cooper, Jr. (1983). Cooper’s amply supported thesis is that ...

CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCBD) – In honor of Black History Month, the Old Slave Mart Museum will be open 1 to 5 p.m. on Sundays plus their regular hours throughout the month of February. Due to the pandemic, ...

Kwanzaa kicks off in Charleston, celebrating unity and cultural renewal through Jan. 1 Kwanzaa began Friday, marking the start of a weeklong cultural celebration centered on reflection, unity and ...

*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. Would you want to live on a street named Old Slave Road? Sally Branson lives there and is fine with it. Karen Fox does and is not ...

(CNN) -- The main reason people come to visit the Old North Church in Boston's historic North End is to see the famous steeple where two lanterns signaled to Americans Paul Revere's famous cries that ...