Jim and Dottie Griffin made only one stop on the Montpelier tour last week. It wasn't the interior of James Madison's former home -- they had visited that before. The elderly white couple from Alabama ...

Access these resources as a member - it's free! Colonial Williamsburg African American History Interpreter Harold Caldwell talked about slave life in colonial America. Describe the daily life of ...

Joann Bagnerise couldn't bring herself to visit George Washington's home at Mount Vernon, driving by without stopping, thinking too much about the hundreds of slaves who had labored in the mansion and ...

While Charleston's African-American heritage can be appreciated year-round, the month of February, known as Black History month, is an ideal time to check out Boone Hall Plantation and Garden's new ...

Researchers at Italy’s Archeological Park of Pompeii have discovered a room used by slaves with extraordinary well-preserved remains. The excavations shed light on a stratum of society and way of life ...

MILAN, Nov 6 (Reuters) - Archaeologists have uncovered a room at a villa just outside Pompeii containing beds and other objects that shed light on the living conditions of slaves in the ancient Roman ...

Purchased with funds from the S. Dillon Ripley Endowment. Foreword / Kevin Young -- Introduction / Michelle D. Commander -- SLAVE REBELLION AND INSURRECTION. David Horsmanden, from The New-York ...

As the decennial U.S. Federal Census for 1850 was enumerated in Franklin County, Kentucky, young William Wright, age 14, was listed as chattel in the property inventory of John Wilcox Russell.

CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. Parent's guide designed to teach children about slavery, slave life, and the Underground Railroad. Includes discussion questions based on a ...

From 1670 until 1865, the majority of blacks living in Orangeburg County were enslaved. The life that they lived covered multifaceted conditions. Descriptions of their circumstances would vary from ...