ANNAPOLIS — Some Maryland lawmakers say they are seeking to correct a past wrong and want to repeal a pro-slavery law that remains in effect after more than 150 years.The 13th Amendment to the U.S.

ANNAPOLIS — Some Maryland lawmakers say they are seeking to correct a past wrong, and want to repeal a pro-slavery law that remains in effect after more than 150 years.The 13th Amendment to the U.S.

I am amazed by the activities of Black civic leaders and politicians of the 1860s. Slavery ended in Tennessee Feb. 22, 1865, and 2,452 people in Knox County voted to abolish it. Since supporters of ...

MANHATTAN, New York -- A rare photograph of 19th-century abolitionist and Underground Railroad hero Harriet Tubman is up for sale at a New York City auction house. Swann Galleries is offering the ...

From a U.S. perspective, the 1860s were largely defined by the Civil War, the height and demise of Abraham Lincoln, and the abolishment of slavery. Around the globe, poverty was prevalent, Japan rose ...

A new freedom marker has been unveiled in honor and remembrance of “Ben,” who escaped slavery on Sept. 13, 1864. The new bronze, manhole-style plate marker has been donated to Harris County and was ...

Public support for the Civil War in the North was at a nadir in 1863 when the abolitionist magazine Harper’s Weekly published in a special July 4 edition an engraving of a photograph of an escaped ...

Last week, in a post on Truth Social, Donald Trump took the Smithsonian’s museums to task for emphasizing “how bad slavery was.” The White House staff followed up on August 21 with a statement titled ...

According to a new poll, 59% of California voters surveyed do not approve of cash reparations for the descendants of enslaved Black people. When asked why, and given five answers to choose from, most ...

In “The Prophets,” a trailblazing debut novel from 2021, Robert Jones Jr. wrote about two enslaved young men who became lovers in 1830s Mississippi. Jones brought intense depth of feeling and insight ...