"The pervasive influence of the law of slavery on contemporary American law raises hard questions," says Justin Simard of the Citing Slavery Project.
A new history book makes the case that the small island of Bermuda is nothing less than "the crucible of colonization."
"Emancipations always happened on the terms of the enslavers," says historian Kris Manjapra, author of a new book on what he calls "ghostlining."
"The labor conditions of incarcerated workers in many US prisons violate the most fundamental human rights to life and dignity," says Claudia Flores.
Artificial intelligence and low-cost satellite imagery combine to spot forced labor at deforestation sites in Brazil's Amazon rainforest.
Although slaveholders devalued enslaved people with disabilities, a new book shows their integral contributions to their communities.
A 16th-century French legal tenet said "there are no slaves in France," but art from the reign of Louis XIV tells a different story.
Cuba is experiencing unrest over food and medicine shortages and political and economic concerns. Ada Ferrer explains what its past tells about its present.
A historian breaks down what celebrating Juneteenth means today and what it teaches us about enslaved Black people's struggle for freedom.
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