In the mid-1800s, before the Civil War, Thomas White fled his enslavement in Maryland for freedom. It was a risky escape, one that involved a horseback ride under the cover of darkness, abolitionists ...

Today we explore a 176-year-old plantation family cemetery marked by obelisks, iron fencing, and carefully carved headstones—but that’s only part of the story. Just beyond the fence, scattered through ...

Black landowners from a Georgia island community founded by freed slaves are fighting their latest property dispute with local officials at the ballot box.

During the Bosnian War, Sarajevo wasn’t just besieged—it was hunted. This documentary exposes the so-called “Sarajevo Hunting Club,” a shadowy group accused of turning civilian killings into organized ...

Two Texas men are facing federal charges after plotting to overthrow an island off Haiti and use its women and children as "sex slaves." Officials say the men took several alarming steps toward making ...

Two North Texas men have been indicted for an alleged year-long plot to travel to a remote Haitian island, kill its male population and enslave the women and children, according to the U.S Attorney in ...

Denise Washington, a fourth-generation descendant of a man who was enslaved by the Harvard-affiliated Vassall family in the 18th century, launched a historical tour of Cambridge on Sunday to ...

MARION COUNTY, SC (WMBF) - A ribbon cutting was held Saturday to reveal Freedomland, a plot of land historically used as a slave plantation that is now being repurposed. The 305-acre land in the ...

Stepping outside their homes in the small Louisiana town of Wallace, Jo and Joy Banner can look north and see giant chemical plants responsible for the region’s nickname of “Cancer Alley.” Looking ...

Matagorda — both the county and its early port town — sits between the Gulf of Mexico and the lower Colorado River. Originally the domain of the Karankawa, the region saw waves of Spanish, French, and ...