The Church of England’s slavery reparations drive could turn parishioners away from collection plates, a poll has found.

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.

Though the holidays are over, there’s always time for pie—and a bit of Black history. While pumpkin pie has long been hailed ...