Modern descriptions often paint the North as slavery-free, abolitionist states, but this isn’t true. For most of America’s colonial history, enslaved Africans were trafficked, sold, and held ...

Slavery was still allowed in states that did not secede from the United States, including Delaware, Maryland, Missouri and Kentucky. Maryland abolished slavery on Nov. 1, 1864, and Missouri did ...

A United States that abruptly changes its strategy every four years is not one other countries will trust or respect.

Cross-cutting slavery Compared to 2016 global estimates, 10 million more people were in modern slavery in 2021, with women and children disproportionately vulnerable.