Today, its multisource dataset, currently housed at Rice University, features information on more than 30,000 slaving vessels ...

The great-great-grandson of 19th-century British Prime Minister William Gladstone said he was horrified to learn seven years ...

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A conversation with Greg Grandin about his groundbreaking new book America, América: A New History of the New World.

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Is Elon Reeve Musk, one of the more accomplished but highly controversial figures of 21st century America, related to Samuel ...

France extracted a huge indemnity from Haiti, in exchange for recognition of its independence. This week marked the 200th ...

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Millions of people were abducted from West Africa and forcibly trafficked to the Americas over the 400 years of the ...