
The iron cage rattled against the wooden planks of the steamboat as it made its way up the Mississippi River…

This 1861 portrait appeared serene until experts saw the enslaved man’s hand. Dr.Sarah Mitchell wiped the dust from the glass…

You’re not leaving tonight, she whispered to the man in the darkness. But what happened in the moments that followed…

Catherine Marlo stood on the verand of Oakidge Plantation, fanning herself against the oppressive August heat when she saw him…

Welcome to the channel Stories of Slavery. Today’s story takes us to 1859 to the life of Thomas Wiggins, a…

When the parish doctor arrived at the Harrove plantation that August morning in 1857, the first thing he noticed was…

I first saw the three graves on a Sunday evening when the swamp light was turning everything the color of…

During the restoration, experts discovered a hidden detail in the slave girl’s clothing that no one had noticed before. Dr.Sarah…

Dr.Rachel Foster hunched over her desk in the forensic history department at Boston University. She was examining a wedding photograph…

In April 2024, Emily Harrison, a curator at the Philadelphia Museum of History, was cataloging a recently acquired collection of…

In the heart of Charleston, South Carolina, where the moss drapped oaks whisper secrets of centuries past, there once stood…

In September 1910, in a small town in rural Pennsylvania, a photographer named James Bradley took what appeared to be…

The eyes were identical. Dr.Chinier Okonquo had been cataloging photographs from the Aldridge estate for three weeks when she noticed…

In the winter of 1873, whispers spread through Milwaukeee’s German immigrant quarter about an 11-year-old girl named Emma Richter. Pale,…

Christmas morning, 1858. Somewhere among the tobacco fields of central North Carolina, a quiet transaction took place. One that would…

The portrait of two siblings looked sweet at first until Marcus noticed how the boy was touching his sister’s shoulder….

It appeared to be nothing more than a family portrait. Yet, the woman’s glove concealed a terrible secret. Dr.Amelia Richardson…

A 1912 wedding photo looks peaceful, but zoom in on the bride’s hand. In April 2024, Emily Harrison, a curator…

The summer heat in Mississippi hung thick as molasses, pressing down on the cotton fields like gold’s own punishment. Eleanor…

A happy family portrait from 1863, concealed a deadly secret. Sarah Chun, a forensic historian specializing in civil warrior photography,…