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 ...

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 ...

Why the United States needs a modern WIC program by Reps. Brian Fitzpatrick (R-Pa.) and Suzanne Bonamici (D-Ore.), opinion contributors - 12/01/23 1:30 PM ET Getty Images ...

People across the United States marked Juneteenth on Thursday, the day in 1865 when enslaved Black people in Texas were told of their emancipation two years earlier. For the Black Heritage Trail ...

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