Slavery

This magnificent Crimean estate was once a playground of the Russian elite.

A pre-Industrial Age iron furnace and the site of a nearly-forgotten piece of Black history.

The last holdout of a pre-Civil War rebel who took the matter of slavery into his own hands.

This small museum is kept in a house that was integral to the genesis of Uncle Tom's Cabin.

Where now stands a 42-story condominium tower of marble, glass and steel was once the central market of New York’s slave trade.

An inspired museum dedicated to the patron saint of enslaved people, inside the cloisters where he lived and died.

Made of giant chains and hung with shackles, this iron cross honors those unknowns who perished under American slavery.

Now home to nothing but a weather station and a landing strip, a group of enslaved people were marooned on this tiny island for 15 years.

This unassuming Massachusetts residence was built with a trap door to hide escapees on the Underground Railroad.

Despite a fraught and controversial history this African island holds a powerful monument to the tragedy of the slave trade.

The language and heritage of a nearly forgotten culture can still be explored in this Southern enclave.

This small museum dedicated to the painful memory of segregation is essentially a time capsule.

South Carolina's last remaining slavery auction house is now a museum devoted to its own tragic history.

This symbolic piece of New Orleans architecture is also home to a few ghastly stories.

Dedicated to preserving the history of free Black communities in Brooklyn and beyond.

This small cemetery is all that remains of Atlanta's first Black communities.