In 1796, when slavery remained both legal and common in New York, a white man named Aquila Giles set out to free Hannah, a 30-year-old woman he enslaved, and her daughter, Abigail, who was about 5.
By GRIFFIN SHEA CNN   On the outskirts of Luanda, in a centuries-old white house on a hill, a small museum documents one of ...
Dispatch Dec 11, 2025 This story was commissioned by the River City Journalism Fund. ST. LOUIS — A five-year effort to mark Missouri’s most notorious slave prison will come to fruition next month, ...