That’s because household domestic service is not legally considered a form of “employment” — a remnant of slavery and sexist policies, according to historians. But stories like Diaz’s propelled a ...

The domestic slave trade, American slavery, and Richmond's role in it didn't just happen in a vacuum.” The Shockoe Institute hosted an open house Thursday, displaying renderings of what the ...

Following the termination of the international slave trade in 1808, an extensive domestic trade opened between the older slave states such as Virginia and Maryland, and the new territories, such ...

Mr. Taylor placed the first ad seeking his siblings in 1885. He placed a second in 1889, which included his parents, who managed to escape from slavery in 1842 but were unable to save their ...

Hope H. Slatter of Baltimore, one of the biggest domestic slave traders of his time, ran regular ads in The Baltimore Sun looking for people to purchase, like this one that appeared on Aug. 14, 1838.

They were just kids, 11 of them, between the ages of 9 and 12. Their terrible ordeal is documented in a bill of sale, transporting them from Norfolk, Virginia, to an auction block in the rotunda ...

The Somerset opinion was called the opening act of the anti-slavery drama, which set England on the course to abolish both the slave trade and domestic slavery. Id. at 298 ...