Brazil Enslaved
Slavery in Brazil lasted until 1888, longer than anywhere in the Americas. Its final years coincided with the rise of photography. A vast archive of images sheds light on the lives of enslaved women.
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Beyond Brothels: Farms And Fisheries Are Frontier Of Human Trafficking
The State Department's annual human trafficking report this year gives special attention to slavery in agriculture and fishing. Human rights advocates say there's much work to be done to fight it.
Remembering New Orleans' Overlooked Ties To Slavery
The city has a reputation for music, food and fun. But it's also a land with an economic history rooted in the domestic slave trade that tore families apart. Now, its legacy sits below the surface.
In 'Escaping ISIS,' An Underground Railroad Forms To Save Yazidi Women
A new Frontline documentary explores what life is like for the girls and women who have been enslaved by Islamic State militants, and also tells the story of those fighting to free them.
Ta-Nehisi Coates Looks At The Physical Toll Of Being Black In America
Coates writes about race and social issues for The Atlantic. His new book, Between the World and Me, brings to bear his fear that his life and the lives of his loved ones might end unnaturally.
Slavery, Famine And The Politics Of Pie: What Civil War Recipes Reveal
From recipes for apple pie without apples to advice on how to treat servants, the era's cookbooks hint at the turbulence outside the kitchen window. Indeed, food helped decide the war's outcome.
In New England, Recognizing A Little-Known History Of Slavery
A burial ground including the remains of 18th century African slaves was uncovered in 2003 in Portsmouth, N.H. Over Memorial Day weekend, the city dedicated the grave site as a special memorial park.
New Museum Depicts 'The Life Of A Slave From Cradle To The Tomb'
A New Orleans attorney has turned an antebellum plantation into a new museum. You won't find hoop skirts and mint juleps but stark relics at a site devoted entirely to a realistic look at slavery.
Emotional Scars Of Modern Slavery Run 'Deeper Than Any Visible Wound'
Scientists interviewed more than 1,000 men, women and children who were forced into sex work and hard labor. The result is the largest study to detail the health of human trafficking survivors.
Fleeing To Dismal Swamp, Slaves And Outcasts Found Freedom
Most Americans know about the Underground Railroad, which allowed Southern slaves to escape to the North. But some slaves stayed in the South, hidden in a place where they could resist enslavement.