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Members of the team assessing the sunken wreckage of the last U.S. slave ship, the Clotilda, are shown looking at timbers from the schooner near Mobile, Ala., on Wednesday, May 4, 2022. The ship was scuttled after arriving on the Gulf Coast more than 160 years ago. (AP Photo/Daniel Fiore, Alabama Historical Commission)
Alabama Shipwreck Holds Key for Kin of Enslaved Africans
  • 13 May 2022
Keys to the past and the future of a community descended from enslaved Africans lie...
  • AP News
Alabama Shipwreck Holds Key for Kin of Enslaved Africans
FILE - Traffic passes a mural of the slave ship Clotilda along Africatown Boulevard, in Mobile, Ala., May 30, 2019. Researchers are returning to the Alabama coast near Mobile in May 2022 to assess the sunken remains of the Clotilda, which was the last slave ship to bring captive Africans to the United States more than 160 years earlier. (AP Photo/Kevin McGill, File)
Researchers Returning for Assessment of Last US Slave Ship
  • 2 May 2022
Researchers are returning to the Alabama coast near Mobile to assess the sunken remains of...
  • AP News
Researchers Returning for Assessment of Last US Slave Ship
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Were ‘Cakewalks’ Dances Performed by Black Slaves on Plantations?
  • 19 February 2022
Several readers asked us if the word — which is often used to describe something...
  • Fact Check
Were ‘Cakewalks’ Dances Performed by Black Slaves on Plantations?
A rumor claimed that Black slaves used cornrows to make maps and share information to help slaves escape to the North.
Did Maps in Cornrows Help Black Slaves Escape Slavery?
  • 17 February 2022
A rumor on Facebook claimed that Black slaves would create maps in cornrows to help...
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Did Maps in Cornrows Help Black Slaves Escape Slavery?
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Were Some Slave Owners Paid Reparations by US Government When Slavery Ended?
  • 20 June 2021
Reportedly, each former slave owner in the District of Columbia was paid $300 — the...
  • Fact Check
Were Some Slave Owners Paid Reparations by US Government When Slavery Ended?
McConnell Equates His Ancestors’ Slave Ownership to Obama’s
  • 9 July 2019
House Democrats are considering legislation to study reparations for slavery.
  • AP News
McConnell Equates His Ancestors’ Slave Ownership to Obama’s
Police Break Up Huge ‘Modern Day Slavery’ Ring in UK
  • 5 July 2019
Jurors in two separate trials at Birmingham Crown Court heard testimony from more than 90...
  • AP News
Police Break Up Huge ‘Modern Day Slavery’ Ring in UK
‘Why Not Now?’ for Slavery Reparations, House Panel is Told
  • 19 June 2019
A resolution to study reparations was first proposed in 1989 by retired Rep. John Conyers...
  • AP News
‘Why Not Now?’ for Slavery Reparations, House Panel is Told
Lawsuit: Harvard ‘Shamelessly’ Profits from Photos of Slaves
  • 20 March 2019
The suit says Harvard has capitalized on the photos by demanding a "hefty" licensing fee...
  • AP News
Lawsuit: Harvard ‘Shamelessly’ Profits from Photos of Slaves
Northam ‘Indentured Servant’ Remark Challenged
  • 11 February 2019
Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam said in a statement Monday that a historian recently advised him...
  • AP News
Northam ‘Indentured Servant’ Remark Challenged
Did Florida State Rep. Kimberly Daniels Once Say, ‘I Thank God for Slavery’?
  • 2 January 2019
The Jacksonville Democrat's pronouncements as a preacher came under intense scrutiny in 2018.
  • Fact Check
Did Florida State Rep. Kimberly Daniels Once Say, ‘I Thank God for Slavery’?
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Did Michele Bachmann Say ‘Kanye is Right’ and Slavery was ‘a Choice’?
  • 2 May 2018
A phony quote from the former U.S. representative circulated after the musician made controversial remarks...
  • Fact Check
Did Michele Bachmann Say ‘Kanye is Right’ and Slavery was ‘a Choice’?
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