The transatlantic slave trade is a painful part of world history. It represents one of the largest forced migrations, displacing 12.5 million Africans from their homelands. The trade was also ...

The museum acquired the collection, the largest and most complete set of Charleston slave badges, in 2022. 146 slave badges from Charleston, South Carolina. Photo courtesy of the Smithsonian National ...

CHARLESTON COUNTY, S.C. (WCIV) — Marking a difficult time in the United States' history. Friday, Charleston leaders unveiled two new signs to describe and acknowledge the history of the Slave Trade in ...

Although the importation of slaves was outlawed in 1807, the domestic slave trade remained a major economic establishment in America until the Civil War. Before its retrocession to Virginia, the city ...

A new Smithsonian book reckons with the enduring legacies of slavery and capitalism Jennifer L. Morgan Blueprint, Terry Boddie, 2017. This work juxtaposes an image of a housing development in Harlem, ...

Slavery is often taught as a straightforward chapter in American history: it began, it was brutal, it ended with the Civil War, and the nation moved on. But the truth is far more complex, global, and ...

Whether under Dutch, British, or American control, New York’s early development was supported by slavery. The Municipal Slave Market on present-day Wall Street between Water and Pearl streets operated ...