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An African Strontium Map Illuminates the Ancestry of Enslaved Individuals

Photo credit: www.sciencenews.org New Insights into the Transatlantic Slave Trade Through Strontium Research A fascinating intersection of chemistry and history is...

Archaeologists Unearth Forgotten Burial Ground of Enslaved Individuals at Andrew Jackson’s Tennessee Plantation

Photo credit: www.smithsonianmag.com Discovery of Enslaved Cemetery at Andrew Jackson's Hermitage Following Andrew Jackson's inauguration as the seventh president of the...

The Exploitation of Pacific Islanders: How ‘Blackbirders’ Enslaved Tens of Thousands After the Civil War

Photo credit: www.smithsonianmag.com The Dark Legacy of Blackbirding: Forced Labor of Pacific Islanders in Australia and Fiji The estimated number of...

California Bill Proposes Admission Preference for Descendants of Enslaved Individuals at Public Universities

Photo credit: abcnews.go.com SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A California lawmaker is set to propose legislation that would prioritize admission for the...

Pottery Shards Reveal Insights into the Lives and Trade Networks of Enslaved Individuals in the Cayman Islands

Photo credit: phys.org Unveiling History: Discovery of Afro-Caribbean Pottery at Jackson Wall Manor Recent archaeological digs at Jackson Wall Manor in...

Archaeologists Excavated a Colonial Garden and Unearthed Insights About the Enslaved Community

Photo credit: www.yahoo.com This story is a collaboration with Biography.com. Unearthing History: The Ornamental Garden of John Custis IV Recent archaeological excavations...

The Enslaved Man Whose Story Inspired ‘Uncle Tom’s Cabin’ and Contributed to the Abolition of Slavery in America

Photo credit: www.smithsonianmag.com John Andrew Jackson: The Untold Story Behind Uncle Tom’s Cabin A few weeks after Harriet Beecher Stowe met...