Tag: Slavery (Historical)
Finding Traces of Harriet Tubman on Maryland’s Eastern Shore
Of the many feats Harriet Tubman accomplished, none awe me more as an historian than the estimated 13…
What Is Juneteenth?
Juneteenth, an annual commemoration of the end of slavery in the United States after the Civil War, has…
Aristide Demanded French Pay Reparations to Haiti. He Ended Up in Exile.
A Painful ReckoningHaiti’s payments to its former slave masters added up for generations, costing its economy billions of…
How Much Haiti’s Freedom Cost: Takeaways From a Times Series
The U.S. Treated Haiti Like a Cash RegisterWhen the American military invaded Haiti in the summer of 1915,…
The Root of Haiti’s Misery: Reparations to Enslavers
In 1789, before the slave rebellion, the marquis bought 21 recently kidnapped Africans before leaving for France. But…
Black American Jews Share Their Passover Traditions
According to a 2021 report from the Pew Research Center, there are about 5.8 million Jewish adults in…
Prince William and Kate Middleton’s Caribbean Tour Marred By Gaffes and Miscues
LONDON — In Belize, a visit to a cocoa farm was scotched after residents protested. In Jamaica, the…
My Artist Ghost
On an overcast late July day thick with humidity and dampening drizzles, I headed from Manhattan toward the…
‘Carpeaux Recast’: A Sculptural Gem With a Knotty Back Story
Traditional museums are literally conservative places. They’re built to freeze objects in time, to shield them from change.…
How Randa Abd Al-Aziz, a Black Iraqi, Got a Sudden Career in TV News
BAGHDAD — Randa Abd Al-Aziz was relaxing in a Baghdad cafe, making her friends laugh by reading a…