That All Men Are Created Equal” features bills of sale, reward posters and more to explain slavery’s role in the Civil War, ...

From there, he briefly reviews his extensive literary work, the aftermath of slavery in the country of his birth, and the return of Donald Trump, the President-elect of the United States whose ...

By 1819, the US was made up of 22 states - evenly split between Slave States and Free States. In November 1819, Missouri requested to become a new state, one which allowed slavery. The North ...

A review of history indicates a strong case—but mixed public support Shomari Wills is an Emmy Award winner and author of Black Fortunes, which chronicles the lives of America's untold Black ...

Census showing residents of Yonkers By Dennis Richmond Jr. A conversation about slavery is never easy. It is an open wound, a ...

The USS Constellation is a well-known Civil War ship, the last all-sail warship built by the United States Navy.

This is seen in the reaction, at the state level, to the 13th, 14th and 15th amendments to the US Constitution. The 13th Amendment of 1865 officially ended slavery in all US states and territories.

Texas requested immediate admission into the United States, but opposition from the North to the addition of another slave state to the Union, then precariously balanced with 13 proslavery and 13 ...

When you think about slavery in the United States you probably think about it happening in the deep south in the 1800’s and causing the Civil War. However, slavery was ...