The enslavement of millions of Indigenous people in the Americas is a neglected chapter in U.S. history. Two projects aim to ...

In October 1854, a large crowd in Worcester, Massachusetts took action against the presence of "slave catcher" Asa O. Butman ...

TAKE a walk in the Dean Cemetery on the west side of Edinburgh and you will find a memorial that is emblazoned with the distinctive battle flag ...

The Ancient Order of Hibernians is passionate about sharing Irish traditions with the next generation. Learn more about Gael ...

At 88, historian David Levering Lewis, a biographer of W.E.B. DuBois, has filled in gaps in his knowledge of his own family ...

The USS Constellation is a well-known Civil War ship, the last all-sail warship built by the United States Navy.

"Our ancestors saw wetlands as mystical places where they could connect with their gods and the Otherworld." A 1,600-year-old ...

Charleston, SC, Feb. 05, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- For a young boy growing up in the rural fields of Southern Ireland in the 1940s, “The American Dream” was as elusive as it sounded. But Kevin Scollans ...

On the night of July 1, 1839, 53 enslaved Africans revolted aboard the slaving schooner La Amistad – Spanish for “Friendship” ...

while they also turn their attention Stateside for an update on the NBA trade deadline which has been described this week as "modern slavery". Listen on: Spotify Apple Podcasts ...

Villanova University history professor Judith Giesberg has written a book detailing the struggle that former enslaved people ...