
In the Mississippi Delta, where hot steam carried the sweet aroma [music] of cotton mixed with the acrid smell of…

The bar went silent the moment he walked in. Not because anyone recognized him, because of the way he walked….

May 14th, 1967. p.m. Smalls Paradise, the heart of Harlem. Frank Lucas sat down at the table and his hands…

The sheriff sent his strongest hunters for a slave girl, but she had already laid the perfect trap for them….

Frank Lucas walked into Bumpy Johnson’s funeral with $100,000 cash. What he did with it made every mobster in Harlem…

In 1911 at a photography studio in Boston, Massachusetts, a photograph was taken of two young girls approximately 7 years…

Experts enhanced this 1858 photo and discovered it was used to justify the auction of a child’s slave. Dr.Sarah Mitchell…

In this 1901 studio photograph, the baby’s peaceful pose hides a mystery. Dr.Elizabeth Harper climbed the narrow stairs to the…

They are holding hands. That is the first thing I noticed when I lifted the photograph from the water stained…

The sun beat down mercilessly on the Georgia cotton fields, turning the earth into a furnace that baked everything beneath…

On June 2nd, 1899, in the parlor of a modest home in Leeds, England, a photographer named William Foster took…

It seemed like a tender image of early medical care. A woman cradling a newborn, her face soft with what…

The fingers were bent at angles that nature never intended. Dr.Constance Farweather had examined over 4,000 Victorian photographs in her…

In March 1903, in a modest Victorian parlor in Springfield, Massachusetts, a professional photographer captured what appeared to be a…

Welcome to the channel Stories of Slavery. Today’s story takes place in 1879 and follows Nathaniel, an enslaved boy who…

The humidity of Louisiana summer hung thick over Hollow Creek Plantation like a shroud, oppressive and inescapable. Samuel Witmore stood…

The cotton fields stretched endlessly under the merciless Georgia sun, white bowls dotting the landscape like scattered bones. It was…

This 1916 portrait of a factory, foreman, and boy looks mentoring until you notice the contract. At first glance, it…

1897 family photograph recovered. An expert shuddered to discover that the youngest son is hiding a secret. The humid Atlanta…

Hello everyone. Today I want to share with you the story of a man named Samuel. Samuel was an enslaved…