Origins of enslaved Africans freed by British, then abandoned on remote Atlantic island revealed by DNA analysis
A study reveals the likely origins of 27,000 Africans left on the island of St. Helena as part of Britain's attempt to eliminate the transatlantic slave trade
Slavery is on the ballot for voters in 5 US states
The US Constitution bans enslavement or involuntary servitude except as a form of criminal punishment
The Woman King, a film glorifying an African tribe that historically traded in slavery creates controversy
Social media users brutally trashed the film for overlooking the fact that the Dahomey tribe it glorifies had a dubious history of selling slaves to Europeans
