History came to life at Wells Academy as third-grade students participated in a wax museum project, depicting famous African ...

European merchants deported an estimated 1.5 million slaves from the Bight of Benin, a territory that includes modern-day Benin and Togo and ... “Our African ancestors were not tribal savages ...

Today, at least 19 states have chapters of the Afro-American Historical Genealogical Society (AAHGS). "If you have those enslaved ancestors, as most folks who identify as African Americans ...

The Colonel William Preston Chapter of the National Society Daughters of the American Revolution (NSDAR) will hold a “Finding Your Ancestors” genealogy workshop focusing on African American ...