In the thirty-five years before the Civil War, as it became increasingly difficult for those outside the world of politics to have frank and open discussions ab

Portugal was the pioneer of the transatlantic slave trade, the ruler of both Brazil and Angola -- the all time champions of that trade --, and one of the last w

It's an awful story. It's an awful story. Why do you want to bring this up now?--Chief Awusa of Atorkor For centuries, the story of the Atlantic slave trade has

In 1868, the state of Georgia began to make its rapidly growing population of prisoners available for hire. The resulting convict leasing system ensnared not on

Documents the Arab-Berbers' continuing practice of Black African slavery in Mauritania.