Tag: Slavery (Historical)

‘Carpeaux Recast’: A Sculptural Gem With a Knotty Back Story

Traditional museums are literally conservative places. They’re built to freeze objects in…

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Tracing the Origins of a Black American New Year’s Ritual

On New Year’s Day, Black American families around the country will sit…

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A Grim, Long-Hidden Truth Emerges in Art: Native American Enslavement

FORT GARLAND, Colo. — On a bitter, windy day, a long-overdue reckoning…

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We’re Edging Closer to Civil War

The Supreme Court on Friday issued a decision allowing abortion providers in…

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Enslaved to a U.S. Founding Father, She Sought Freedom in France

Abigail had been bound to the Jay family since at least 1776,…

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