Did you know Tennessee has two holidays celebrating Emancipation from slavery? Juneteenth, the federal holiday, and August 8.

Though slavery had such a wide variety of faces, the underlying concepts were always the same. Slaves were considered property, and they were property because they were black. Their status as ...

As America approaches its 249th birthday, many scholars, writers, and ordinary Americans are prompted to review the nation’s ...

Starring a three-time Oscar winner as the protagonist, the Steven Spielberg directorial is considered to be a 'masterpiece' ...

Two years after national apologies for slavery were made by the king and prime minister, campaigners and politicians at a ...

The Charleston peninsula's three historically Black Episcopal churches, St. Mark's, St. Stephen's and Calvary, lamented together the church's role in slavery.