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

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 ...

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.

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 ...

In How the Word is Passed, Clint Smith visits eight places central to the history of slavery in America, including Thomas Jefferson's Monticello plantation and Louisiana's Angola prison.

Taken by Portuguese slave traders, kidnapped by English pirates, and taken far from home, African arrivals to Virginia in 1619 marked the origins of U.S. slavery.

The top five slave rebellions in the United States are described by Henry Louis Gates, Jr. in this blog post.

Slavery defined our nation's past and still affects its present. Many Americans don't realize that, experts say. We want to help you learn the real truth about slavery. So we asked African ...

A new campaign called Slavers of New York is aiming to change that by calling out — and eventually mapping — the history of slavery in New York City.

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 ...