Members of Chicago’s first Black church rose to help enslaved people achieve their freedom because they knew theirs hung in ...

The multiple-Grammy\-winning country music band Lady Antebellum has changed its name to Lady A due to the word antebellum’s association with slavery. “When we set out together almost 14 years ago, we ...

Toward the end of the new documentary Natchez, viewers have an extended scene with tour guide David Garner. Garner is an elderly white gay man, proud of his town. Natchez, Mississippi, is a place ...

Unfortunately, slavery was not just propped up by policy in the slave states, but federally. It is often overlooked that the federal government—not just slave states—had implemented legal protections ...

The life of Henry "Box" Brown is so notable because he was an Antebellum-Era Virginia plantation slave who managed to mailed himself to freedom in a wooden box. The big question here is: how did he do ...

A new documentary titled "Natchez" explores the complicated history of Natchez, Mississippi. The film contrasts the city's tourism based on antebellum mansions with its past as a major slave trading ...

The Providence Journal has a long history of hosting community voices throughout its pages. The Letters to the Editor are a place for anyone, of any background, to write in and share their voice and ...

Margaret Seidler didn’t put much stock in the DNA test she took in 2012. “Somebody pestered me to do it,” says the Charleston, South Carolina, native. “It was kind of a new thing to do. And to me, it ...