Art X Freedom opens with Camouflage, a major site-specific installation by Ai Weiwei at Four Freedoms State Park on Roosevelt ...

Making Black Freedom in the World” uses artifacts, art, audio and video to explore the horrors of enslavement alongside the struggle for justice.

“We’re going to end slavery!” they cried. “Onto New Orleans! Freedom or death!” Scott recruited re-enactors via word-of-mouth and by holding town halls at local universities, including ...

The show, a revitalized version of the original 2008 production, tells the story of Rachel Harris, a runaway slave from Chester County, and her arduous quest for freedom and dignity. Drawing from ...

While it may seem like a small feat to some, these are the types of “slave stories” that interest me: A man, at the bottom of the economic chain, saving pennies to purchase freedom for himself ...

The past decade has witnessed a resurgence in the illegal trafficking of child slaves, particularly in the western African countries of Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Ivory Coast, Gabon ...

In Balm in Gilead, Charlotte Jenkins, a former slave turned activist, arrives in Alexandria to help the growing population of “contrabands” make the transition to freedom. Upon arrival she ...

DAKAR, Senegal, Apr 22 2025 (IPS) - Gorée Island, off the coast of Dakar, is a somber reminder of the transatlantic slave trade. Listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site, it embodies both the duty to ...

Scott's extended stay in Illinois, a free state, gave him the legal standing to make a claim for freedom, as did his extended stay in Wisconsin, where slavery was also prohibited. But Scott never ...

Written by John Hope Franklin, a pioneering scholar who taught at both Durham institutions and whose scholarship was key to launching the discipline of African American studies, “From Slavery to ...