In recent years, genealogists looking into the ancestry of America’s first lady ... One such slave was Solomon Northup, and it is the film adaptation of his 1853 narrative 12 Years a Slave ...

Over the course of the past 16 years, his films have included a biopic about an Irish political prisoner on hunger strike ...

Born into slavery, Harriet Jacobs would thwart repeated sexual advancements made by her master for years ... as a slave. The book, Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl, was one of the first ...

A new Smithsonian book reckons with the ... alleged savagery of African slave traders, thereby providing moral cover for ...

This claim regarding the Harris heritage received renewed interest following the VP's announcement of her candidacy for U.S.

Classic works of fiction and nonfiction have been read by generations of readers and have stood the test of time across decades since their original ... was 15 years old. When the book was ...

Having bought dozens of Christmas books for my family over the last 12 years or so, I’ve come to discover that ... to develop language skills and promote bonding, I first started searching for ...

This survey is a synthesis of the economic, social, cultural, and political history of the Atlantic slave trade ... and pervasive human activities of the past 500 years. In this short but important ...

While their stories are rarely documented, there are some exceptions, such as the 100 years lived by Lucy Vaughn, a former slave who as a ... in the fields for the first time.

An Aberystwyth author is launching a publishing house to create books by and for marginalised communities. Margin to Margin Books (M2M Books) is the brainchild of author Gareth James, a former ...

A charged soap opera about the sacred process of papal selection should have never seen the light of day. Here’s how star ...

So does the year’s first (potentially) big Christmas movie ... This sweeping drama from writer-director Steve McQueen (“12 ...