Among the most striking examples of mass civil disobedience ever to occur in the United States, the Underground Railroad occupies a significant place in American history. Although African American slaves were denied the legal protections of citizenship...

The first African slaves arrived in Virginia sometime during the seventeenth century. In its early days, though, American slavery was not confined to any particular region. It was legal almost everywhere; indeed the first American slave ships set sail...

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African slave trade, 2002 By FOSTER Wednesday, May 29, 2002 "Slavery" is a word that is used too often and too carelessly these days, so much so that it has been drained of much of its meaning. To be a slave...

The Record (Bergen County, NJ) 10-27-1993 TRACING ROOTS OF AFRICAN SLAVE TRADE Date: 10-27-1993, Wednesday Section: OPINION Edition: All Editions -- 3 Star, 2 Star P, 2 Star B, 1 Star Late, 1 Star Early Column: LETTERS Editor, The Record: I'd...

Isaiah Washington, who traced his ancestral roots to Sierra Leone through DNA testing, has donated $25,000 to a computer animation project that aims to detail the Atlantic slave trade.The "Grey's Anatomy" star started a nonprofit foundation last year to improve the lives of people in...

It is 1542, and a priest named Bartolomé de las Casas has finally spoken up about the terrible oppression the Spanish had forced upon the Native Americans. Ecomiendas were the right for Spanish conquistadors, or conquerors, to enslave Native Americans and force them to work the land. Africans were the solution to the need for laborers.