Elon Musk's X post praising 'the Whites in the West' for ending slavery drew ridicule and rebukes from historians and ...

Once a site of forced baptisms and brutal control, the museum near Luanda now exposes the trade’s human toll and opens archives that may reconnect families across continents.

The Caribbean stands at the crossroads of world history, yet most people only see it as a vacation destination with beaches ...

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For more than 10,000 years before Europeans arrived, the Northeast was home to many tribes with organized leadership and ...

An insurance trial about a heinous episode at sea outraged British abolitionists. The case led Parliament to prohibit the ...

Dutch royal family visit, the first to the South American former colony in nearly 50 years, spotlights role of the ...

The Emmy winner reflects on trips to the city and its many layers of history, from waterfront landmarks to a groundbreaking ...