Nov 26 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - In the 15 years since a global treaty to combat human trafficking was adopted, modern slavery has become a catch-all term to describe human trafficking ...

Tens of thousands of Indigenous people labored in bondage across the western United States in the 1800s.

Four hundred years after enslaved Africans were first brought to Virginia, most Americans still don’t know the full story of slavery. Curated by Mary Elliott All text by Mary Elliott and Jazmine ...

How two centuries of slave revolts shaped American history The daring and desperate acts of rebellion from New York to the Caribbean shattered contemporary stereotypes of enslaved peoples and ...

The Saturday Essay The Long History of American Slavery Reparations From the colonial era to today, the bitter legacy of bondage and racial oppression has sparked demands for compensation, with ...

Britain marks 200 years on March 25 since it enacted a law banning the transatlantic slave trade, although full abolition of slavery did not follow for another generation.

From slavery to freedom : a history of African Americans / John Hope Franklin, Alfred A. Moss, Jr Smithsonian Libraries and Archives Object Details Author Franklin, John Hope 1915-2009 Moss, Alfred A.

Learn how Harriet Beecher Stowe’s book Uncle Tom’s Cabin sparked national debate and changed how many Americans understood slavery.

‘Slavery in the midst of freedom’ Angela’s arrival coincided with another milestone in American history: the meeting of the first General Assembly in Jamestown’s newly built wooden church.