In the suffocating autumn of 1859, in the isolated village of Merrow Creek, Louisiana, a…
Welcome to the channel Stories of Slavery. Today’s story takes us to 1859 to the…
The Black Child So Intelligent That Science Couldn’t Explain – (1859, Caleb Johnson On March…
In the Mississippi Delta, where hot steam carried the sweet aroma [music] of cotton mixed…
The bar went silent the moment he walked in. Not because anyone recognized him, because…
May 14th, 1967. p.m. Smalls Paradise, the heart of Harlem. Frank Lucas sat down at…
The sheriff sent his strongest hunters for a slave girl, but she had already laid…
Frank Lucas walked into Bumpy Johnson’s funeral with $100,000 cash. What he did with it…
In 1911 at a photography studio in Boston, Massachusetts, a photograph was taken of two…
Experts enhanced this 1858 photo and discovered it was used to justify the auction of…
In this 1901 studio photograph, the baby’s peaceful pose hides a mystery. Dr.Elizabeth Harper climbed…
They are holding hands. That is the first thing I noticed when I lifted the…
The sun beat down mercilessly on the Georgia cotton fields, turning the earth into a…
On June 2nd, 1899, in the parlor of a modest home in Leeds, England, a…
It seemed like a tender image of early medical care. A woman cradling a newborn,…
The fingers were bent at angles that nature never intended. Dr.Constance Farweather had examined over…
In March 1903, in a modest Victorian parlor in Springfield, Massachusetts, a professional photographer captured…
Welcome to the channel Stories of Slavery. Today’s story takes place in 1879 and follows…
The humidity of Louisiana summer hung thick over Hollow Creek Plantation like a shroud, oppressive…
The cotton fields stretched endlessly under the merciless Georgia sun, white bowls dotting the landscape…