There would not be an American Revolution that united all of the 13 colonies that became the United States ... and perhaps all the states between them and the Mississippi River. Slavery would have ...

Early French settlers created a minority white ruling class in these colonies. And their descendants, known as “békés,” ...

Britain’s foreign secretary said Monday that reparations for the U.K.'s role in the slave trade are not about the “transfer ...

Germany today is one of the most admired countries in Europe and around the world. Nevertheless, it isn’t far from anyone’s ...

The Democratic Party has nominated Kamala Harris to run for President of the United States. Yet, this party carries the ...

The Commonwealth agreed the "time has come" for talks about the legacies of the enslavement era in a summit declaration that ...

Based on 1937 figures, it whittled the Lundberg roster to 13 families, was considerably less personal than his census of Du Pont bathrooms, considerably more dogged in tracking down actual ...

which benefited from slave trade for many years since the late 16th century. Britain is said to have transported about 3 million people, mainly from western Africa, to its colonies in the ...

Silver drachma minted in Massalia (Marseilles, France) circa 350-220 BC. Credit: Jastrow/Wikimedia Commons The first ancient Greek colonies were established as early as the 8th century BC, while wide ...

The bloc brings together Britain and most of its former colonies, many of which remain scarred by the brutal trade that saw an estimated 10-15 million slaves ripped from Africa over four centuries.