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Dontavius Williams thanks Caesar, the 18th-century enslaved chef who managed Stratford Hall, before beginning a demonstration in the historic hearth where Caesar once cooked.
food

Remembering Caesar, Colonial Virginia’s Enslaved Chocolatier

In Robert E. Lee's birthplace, Dontavius Williams honors an unsung chef.
Sam Lin-Sommer March 9, 2023
This colossal freedom statue stands in front of Nigeria's Badagry Heritage Museum in Lagos State. Badgery, a small town near Nigeria's border with Benin, was the site of a large slave port.
ships

The Untold Stories of the Women Who Led Slave Revolts

Their inspiring acts of resistance were ignored or erased for centuries—until now.
Sarah Durn March 9, 2023
A studio portrait of Dan R. Thomas, who lived in Peterborough, New Hampshire, in the 1880s. He would have been 31 years old when this was taken.
slavery

How Communities Are Uncovering Untold Black Histories

Historians and citizen archivists in New Hampshire are using old records to tell long-overlooked stories.
Line Sidonie Talla Mafotsing March 3, 2023
For decades, the nonprofit Diving With a Purpose has trained young Black men, women and teenagers in maritime archaeology methods.
ships

The Hunt for an Elusive Florida Shipwreck That Killed 41 Enslaved People

Searching for the slave ship Guerrero, the nonprofit Diving With a Purpose has also trained scores of young Black men and women to find and tell stories once lost to the waves.
Karuna Eberl February 27, 2023
Divers on the site of the <em>São José Paquete D'Africa</em> wreck off the northwestern coast of Cape Town, South Africa.
shipwrecks

Near Cape Town, the São José Shipwreck Is a Unique Symbol of A Painful Legacy

More than 200 enslaved people perished when the Portuguese ship sank in 1794.
Sam Jones February 6, 2023
The empty plinth where Colston's statue once stood.
Bristol, England

Empty Plinth of the Colston Statue

After protestors toppled a statue of a 17th-century slave trader, the pedestal where it once stood remains unoccupied.
ruins

Podcast: Pricilla’s Homecoming

A family history, from Sierra Leone to South Carolina, 250 years in the making.
The Podcast Team December 20, 2022
Josiah Henson Museum
North Bethesda, Maryland

Josiah Henson Museum & Park

The location where the famed author and abolitionist began his journey to freedom.
Lexington, Massachusetts

Prince Estabrook Memorial Plaque

This stone in Lexington honors a formerly enslaved man who fought during the American Revolution.
islands

Podcast: Providence Island

Join us for a daily celebration of the world’s most wondrous, unexpected, even strange places.
The Podcast Team October 13, 2022
Wauba Debar’s Grave
Bicheno, Australia

Wauba Debar’s Grave

The burial place of this Tasmanian Aboriginal woman is a memorial that remembers the atrocities of colonialism.
castles

Podcast: Elmina Castle

Join us for a daily celebration of the world’s most wondrous, unexpected, even strange places.
The Podcast Team September 7, 2022
Gibson-Todd House
Charles Town, West Virginia

Gibson-Todd House

This striking Victorian Home with its 113-foot turret is best known as the site where abolitionist John Brown was executed in 1859.
Bimbia Slave Port
Bimbia, Cameroon

The Slave Port of Bimbia

Buried deep in the forest near Limbe, this little known slave port became the point of no return for 10 percent of enslaved Africans.
Martinique's vibrant dance tradition includes bèlè, which participants have described as an "otherworldly" experience.
ethnographic

Martinique's Bèlè Dance Is a Celebration of Land, Spirit, and Liberation

For centuries, the Caribbean island's tradition has been a symbol of resistance, healing, and empowerment.
Camee Maddox-Wingfield June 6, 2022
Catedral de Santa Isabel
Malabo, Equatorial Guinea

Catedral de Santa Isabel

The largest Christian church in the country is a complicated symbol of Spanish colonialism.
statues

Elizabeth Freeman Demanded Her Freedom—and Helped End Slavery in Massachusetts

A monument to the formerly enslaved woman will soon stand in the town she called home.
Amy Crawford March 3, 2022
After closing in 2008 and becoming an online museum in 2012, America's Black Holocaust Museum reopened in February 2022 in a sleek new building in Milwaukee's Bronzeville, the historic hub of the city's Black community.
museums

A Revived Museum Presents the Full History of Black America

America's Black Holocaust Museum reopens in the historic hub of Milwaukee's African American community.
Beck Salgado February 24, 2022