Tran satlantic slave trade

Drapetomania: the Scientific Justification of Slavery and Abuse of Enslaved Africans in America

Drapetomania was a pseudoscientific theory that was used in the mid-19th century to explain why enslaved African Americans would attempt to escape slavery in the United States.

Timothy Meaher, the Man Who Smuggled the Last Enslaved Africans Into the United States

Timothy Meaher was responsible for smuggling 110 African men, women, and children into the United States in 1860.
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Ten Years After Escaping, Frederick Douglass Wrote This Powerful Letter to His Former Enslaver

Frederick Douglass was one of the most influential African American leaders of the 19th century. Born into slavery in...