He had been captured in Africa, brought to the American colonies on a ship, and sold into slavery in Maryland. Before Peale began his second day of painting with Mamout, he visited the old woman ...

A museum spokeswoman said the painting, set against the backdrop of a Caribbean sugar plantation, was based on a design commissioned by the Committee for the Abolition of the Slave Trade on 5 July ...

DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — A whirlwind of color and art at the opening of this year's Dakar Biennale of Contemporary African Art ...