Slavery

Remnants of a wall built to separate Black residents of Hall's Hill from a newly built subdivision are a grim reminder of segregation in 20th-century Virginia.

Now a living classroom, this house was once the home of Reverend James Clinton Dent, a formerly enslaved man and a pastor.

A Caribbean chef recreates his enslaved great-great-grandmother's dishes inside the home she purchased after buying her freedom.

Once the largest trading firm of enslaved people in the U.S., this building is now a museum that preserves Alexandria's dark past.

This small memorial is almost as well concealed as Smalls himself was on the night he sailed to freedom.

The oldest of its kind in the country, this tree sits where formerly enslaved people are said to have founded the city of Freetown.

The former home of a conniving 17th century politician is now a high-end hotel.

This monument is a stark reminder of the horrors of the Zanzibar slave trade.

This tree is a living witness to the beginning of the Civil Rights Movement.

This historic church houses the grave of a Scottish soldier who fought in the Battle of Waterloo.