Olaudah Equiano

A brief look into Equiano's life reveals that many Black figures were considerably more transnational in their movements and critiques than commonly assumed.

How an engraving of a slave ship helped the abolition movement.

From white supremacists to black activists, readers have sought moral legitimacy in Milton’s epic poem.

Omar ibn Said was captured in Senegal at 37 and enslaved in Charleston. A devout Muslim, he later converted to the Christian faith of his enslavers. Or did he?

The little known history of 19th-century New York City.

Frederick Douglass was introduced to the idea of universal human rights after traveling to Ireland and meeting with Irish nationalist leaders.

The captivity narrative as creation myth.

Like the 1619 Project, two new books on the Constitution reflect a vigorous debate about what has changed in the American past—and what hasn’t.