On June 19, 1865, a group of enslaved men, women, and children in Texas gathered around a Union...

Little Harriet was born into slavery on a plantation in Maryland. Though life was hard, Harriet...

n this historical novel set in the Virgin Islands of 1733, Raisha escapes from her Dutch "owners" in...

George loved words. But George was enslaved. Forced to work long hours, George was unable to attend...

Did you know that many of America’s Founding Fathers―who fought for liberty and justice for all―were...

Written to commemorate the Emancipation Proclamation, this is the story of a little girl, her family...

Magulu is only nine years old when she is taken by slave traders and brought to the Americas. She is...

The inspiring biography of self-taught (outsider) artist Bill Traylor, a former slave who at the age...

An enslaved person and talented artisan, Philip Reid solves the problem of how to dismantle the...