The air in October 1858 did not merely carry the crisp cooling bite of a…
The photograph arrived at the Chicago History Museum in a Manila envelope, part of a…
Mississippi, February 1864. Posters plastered on the walls of Vixsburg announced something that seemed straight…
They called us the damaged daughters of Belmont. And after watching every girl in our…
Welcome to the channel Stories of Slavery. Today we’re going back to 1839 to Charleston…
Iowa, United States, late April 1946. The spring Thor had arrived 3 weeks late, and…
I’ve been waiting for you,” she had whispered. And in that single confession, everything changed.…
Welcome to the channel Stories of Slavery. Today we’re going back to 1862 to the…
Welcome to the channel Stories of Slavery. Today’s story takes us back to 1855 where…
Welcome to Stories of Slavery. In 1826, a mother discovered her 5-year-old son had been…
The iron cage rattled against the wooden planks of the steamboat as it made its…
This 1861 portrait appeared serene until experts saw the enslaved man’s hand. Dr.Sarah Mitchell wiped…
You’re not leaving tonight, she whispered to the man in the darkness. But what happened…
Catherine Marlo stood on the verand of Oakidge Plantation, fanning herself against the oppressive August…
Welcome to the channel Stories of Slavery. Today’s story takes us to 1859 to the…
When the parish doctor arrived at the Harrove plantation that August morning in 1857, the…
I first saw the three graves on a Sunday evening when the swamp light was…
During the restoration, experts discovered a hidden detail in the slave girl’s clothing that no…
Dr.Rachel Foster hunched over her desk in the forensic history department at Boston University. She…
In April 2024, Emily Harrison, a curator at the Philadelphia Museum of History, was cataloging…