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New research suggests that Redoshi, who became a free woman in 1865, may have been the last living survivor of the trans-Atlantic slave trade.
Dred Scott v. Sandford was a landmark Supreme Court case decided in 1857, in which the court held that African Americans could not be citizens of t...
Historian Matthew Pinsker presents a quick rundown of the story of Dred Scott, a slave who sued for his freedom, leading to one of the Supreme Cour...
The whip was not the only device of control slaveholders used: they were masters of manipulation too "As elsewhere in the Americas, the right of...
Historian Jarvis Givens on freedom celebrations, Black aspiration, and the continuing pursuit of justice.
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