As Suriname celebrates 50 years of independence, the spectre of Dutch colonial rule and its role in the slave trade still lingers. The king and queen of the Netherlands touched down in the small South ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In a first coordinated African-led effort at the United Nations, leaders have declared the Transatlantic Slave Trade as “the ...

Calls for reparative justice over the transatlantic slave trade and colonialism dominated proceedings at the 80th session of the United Nations General Assembly, as African and Global South leaders ...

A life-sized bronze memorial, "Our Ancestors Come With Us," has been unveiled in Bristol, Rhode Island, acknowledging the town's role in the transatlantic slave trade. The memorial, created by RISD ...

BRISTOL, R.I. (WJAR) — A bronze sculpture depicting people impacted by the transatlantic slave trade and their descendants was unveiled at Independence Park in Bristol on Sunday. The life-size bronze ...

For more than 200 years, the São José Paquete d’Africa lay hidden off Cape Town’s shore. Its excavation in 2014 uncovered a tragic story of enslavement and commerce from the time of the trans-Atlantic ...

THE USS CONSTELLATION IS A FIXTURE IN BALTIMORE’S INNER HARBOR. HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE PASS BY IT EVERY DAY. MOST HAVE NO IDEA THE ROLE IT PLAYED IN ENDING THE TRANSATLANTIC SLAVE TRADE. IN TERMS OF THE ...

This photo shows the old slave auction block where enslaved people were sold in the St. Louis Hotel at 621 St. Louis St. in the French Quarter. The block rested under recessed arches and between ...

This video uncovers the harsh realities of the white slave trade, a disturbing chapter of history often ignored or forgotten. Bartenders say one common request costs them tips — and some customers ...

An expedition of marine archaeologists from Denmark has unraveled the mystery surrounding two shipwrecks lying in the shallow waters of Cahuita National Park, on the Caribbean coast of Costa Rica. For ...

While the Trump administration tries to downplay matters of race and racism in US history, the minister of a Providence church says, ‘History is real, and it has to be acknowledged’ PROVIDENCE — With ...