Thaddeus Stevens was as an ardent abolitionist who championed civil rights for decades. In 1813, a young...
Slavery
Garrison considered himself a pacifist, a believer in the power of truth to undo the wickedness of...
As the English colonized North America between 1607-1733, slavery became institutionalized and race-based. Introduction Slavery in Colonial...
As sugar production spread across the Caribbean, it fueled massive growth in African slavery. Introduction The first...
The Portuguese ultimately took control of worldwide sugar production in the 15th century. Introduction From a humble...
As the English colonized more land, they imported more slaves to work it. Introduction Racialized chattel slavery...
White masters could treat slaves as just another possession to be used and then disposed of when...
They did not run haphazardly into the woods, but established creative and subversive escape strategies. Historians once...
The practice continued up through 1900, dramatically impacting Native American cultures, languages, and development. Introduction Slavery was...
Lovejoy belonged to a small fraternity of editor who used their printing presses in the decades before...
A Getty conservator discusses how she protects a rare and important photograph. In late August 1850, Cazenovia,...
A resulting myth has become a symbol of the traumatizing legacy of trans-Atlantic slavery and serves as...
History is full of examples of nations paying out to compensate for slavery. But the money never...
Riots by proslavery forces raged for three days in the nation’s capital after the capture of a...
The movement to grant pensions to ex-slaves faced strong opposition from three executive branch agencies. By Miranda...
The flight of runaway slaves to Mexico is a chapter of history that is often overlooked or...
There are three main periods that describe the trajectory of African enslavement in New Spain from 1519...
Studying history is like detective work—especially when the rebellion of Black women has been left out of...
From the time that the Amistad captives arrived in the United States, their quest for freedom played...
President Lincoln was a statesman. John Brown was a radical. That’s the traditional view of how each...
Of the nine presidents who were slaveholders, only George Washington freed all his own slaves upon his...
The slave revolt in Berbice, modern-day Guyana, was unusual for its length and near success. Introduction The...
The Underground Railroad also led to Mexico. By Martin Kohn The Underground Railroad also ran south—not back...
Black cooks created the feasts that gave the South its reputation for gracious living. “We need to...
In a bittersweet history, the story of enslaved chocolatier Caesar shows the oppression that lay behind the...
Thomas Jefferson wrote that the westward expansion of slavery would lead to the “[death] knell of the...
Secession and the Civil War were about slavery and race. Introduction In his second inaugural address, Abraham...
John Brown first became a nationally known figure in 1856 through his actions in the Kansas Territory,...
Not until sixteen months after Appomattox, on August 20, 1866, did the President formally declare an end...
The lives, labor, and sacrifices of women and girls of color have been overlooked for centuries. Introduction...