A modern misconception of antebellum slavery is that it “built the country.” Actually, the institution of slavery, ...

America’s racism and slavery story needs to be told with brutal honesty, but our reckoning shouldn’t be an easy morality tale ...

In the decade-plus since, Martin has worked on the series’ sixth novel The Winds of Winter. During that time, seasons 2-8 of ...

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For three years running, while considering which books will make up our Atlantic 10 list, we have asked ourselves the same basic questions: Which stories this year brought unexpected clarity to the ...

A food that was born of love and ingenuity. Our simple and rustic fare was first birthed out of survival. Those who had been enslaved needed to supplement the meager scraps that the slavers provided ...

Colston, like so many merchants of the period, both British and European, did in fact trade in slaves, which they bought from African and Arab slavers in North West Africa. Colston did use a lot ...

Don’t we? Every version of the legend of St Patrick I’ve heard begins with him being kidnapped by slavers and forced to toil in Ireland. It’s part of the origin story of our national saint.

This is the main conclusion of the Escravizadores Project (Slavers Project), a groundbreaking investigation by Agência Pública, with the support of the Pulitzer Center. The project mapped the ...

Colombian President Gustavo Petro Sunday lashed out at those he dubbed “slavers” who cry “freedom” but “take human beings and living beings to the market for sale.” The leftwing leader ...

The movie follows the story of General Maximus Decimus Meridius – a betrayed Roman general who finds himself captured by slavers and thrown in the gladiatorial games after the murder of his wife ...