In 1812, Spanish officials in Havana, searching the house of a man named José Antonio Aponte, discovered a wooden box hidden in a clothing trunk, opened it, and were stunned by what they found inside.

Special appearances by Henry Louis Gates Jr. America's defining institution, as told through the lives of nine enslaved people. Enroll in the college course you wish you'd taken, learning from ...

Enslaved people helped build the foundation of CT. Get to know the lives they lived. Slavery has deep roots in Connecticut and across New England. Enslaved people helped build the foundation of much ...

Laws enacted during the U.S. slavery era are still being used by lawyers and judges in today's courtrooms. Getty Images As the story of Juneteenth is told by modern-day historians, enslaved Black ...

Charcoal portraits depict six of the enslaved Africans who were aboard the Amistad, the 19th-century slaving schooner that became the center of a landmark Supreme Court case. After they were stolen ...

The exhibit at Independence National Historical Park in Philadelphia explored George Washington's involvement in slavery ...

As Juneteenth rolls around, many Americans are celebrating the ending of slavery in the United States — and some for the first time. The annual celebration has been a long-standing tradition in Black ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Slavery’s place in U.S. history has once again become a flashpoint in public discourse. On one hand, President Donald Trump has ...