The map shows which states have considered policies for slavery reparations. In California, the state's Legislative Black Caucus has pushed several bills with policies suggested by the California ...

In the thirty years leading up to the Civil War, tensions in the country mounted over the issue of slavery. By 1830, there were more than 2 million slaves in the United States, worth over a ...

The United States is home to several "belts ... Cotton Belt Like the Black Belt, the Cotton Belt is rooted in slavery — it encompasses the states where cotton was the predominant cash crop ...