Slavery in the United States

The City of Athens Chorus dives deep into the amazing world of African music and its evolution through spiritual and jazz music. Back in the 18th century, African-American slaves came together for impromptu gatherings where they sang, danced and chanted, blending European hymns with African beats and creating something truly spellbinding.

The US Embassy in Athens and its Consular Section, the US Consulate General in Thessaloniki, and all US Government offices in Greece will be closed on Monday in observance of Juneteenth, the federal US holiday commemorating the emancipation of enslaved African Americans.

It is not known, but the Greek Revolution formed the basis & the Greek slaves became the symbols of the struggle for the abolition of slavery in the USA

The first verse of the hit song depicts slaves being sold and beaten in Louisiana

The statues of chained men, women and children stick hauntingly out of sand as simulated waves crash overhead, a symbol to the estimated two million people for whom the slave trade ended in a watery grave in the Atlantic Ocean.

The exhibit is part on an expanded museum created by the Equal Justice Initiative that focuses on the legacy of slavery in America.

The veteran soldiers gave his property to his freed slave

With marches, music and speeches, Americans on June 19 celebrated "Juneteenth," the newly declared national holiday that marks the end of slavery and which comes a year after George Floyd's murder sparked anti-racism protests.

The delicacy of one of the first objects in new exhibition at Amsterdam's Rijksmuseum belies its brutality. At the end of a thin iron rod are the artistically interwoven letters GWC, used to brand the initials of a Dutch trading company into the skin of enslaved workers.

The veteran soldiers gave his property to his freed slave

Black people should count as ten-fifths of a person, the Law professor said