Ecuador’s government has issued a public apology to a group of plantation workers who were subjected to slave-like conditions according to a a ruling issued last year by Ecuador’s ...

Nestled in the southeastern region of the United States, Florida is a world-famous holiday destination. You’ll find many ...

Harvard to International African American Museum, something a descendant calls a victory for reparative justice.

Outside of historians, academics and the generational memories of Black New Orleanians, relatively few people understand the ...

There are unique cultural pockets throughout the United States and Coastal Georgia is no exception. The Gullah people here ...

As three young women look out over Terrebonne Parish’s diminishing coastline, now barely above sea level, it’s a stark ...

The birthplace of the Blues — and much of American music — lies in Mississippi’s northwest corner.

Think of slavery and the first image that comes to mind is a 19th-century Southern cotton plantation. However, by the 1630s, slavery already existed in all 13 colonies with the first enslaved Africans ...

Historic Nottoway Plantation, the largest antebellum mansion in the U.S., burned to the ground this week after a fire broke out on Thursday. There have been no reports of injuries or deaths connected ...

In 1863, abolitionist Harriet Tubman guided a raid that liberated nearly 760 enslaved people working on rice plantations ...

From the Panama Canal and karsts of Ha Long Bay, to the wildlife-rich Galapagos, these magnificent must-sees are best ticked off by cruise ...

A plaque commemorates The Cage, an enclosure where runaway slaves were detained ... The decision to rekindle cotton harvesting at Hannay’s Plantation has elicited mixed reactions.