Black cooks created the feasts that gave the South its reputation for gracious living. “We need to...
Slavery
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...
Lynching gained momentum during Reconstruction to spread fear among African Americans demanding equal rights. Introduction For many...
It led to the rise of Crassus and the devastation of much of southern Italy. By Dr....
The institution of slavery had long antecedents in Scandinavia, probably going back thousands of years before the...
The truth, self-evident, that all men are created equal, has not always been so self-evident for many...
Like modern slavery, it was an abusive and degrading institution. Slavery in ancient Rome differed from its...
African Americans gained political power yet faced the backlash of white supremacy and racial violence. Introduction I’ll...
Raised in plantation privilege, Mary Boykin Chestnut was unprepared for the trauma of war and defeat. “February...
After the Civil War, touring groups of black college singers popularized slavery-era songs, giving rise to a...
White Christian slaveholders argued that slavery was a necessary evil because it would control the sinful, less...
Amos Lawrence backed abolitionist pioneers in the town that bears his name. On May 24, 1854, Anthony...
Cane sugar was the source of oppression and bitter opposition before cotton became the symbol of American...
Exploring the first boycott against sugar made with slave labor in the West Indies. Introduction While many...
Freedom on the Move is a database collecting these ads, which help form a more complete picture...
Nationalism (or “100% Americanism”), Protestant Christianity, and white supremacy became inextricably linked. Randall J. Stephens responds to...
The meaning of the Emancipation Proclamation, for those at the time and for us today. As he...
Robert Smalls commandeered a Confederate ship to escape from slavery in South Carolina. By Meredith Good Two...
A number of issues were involved in the Civil War, all inextricably bound to the institution of...
Insights into the lives of African Americans at Arlington and other plantations in the Upper South before...
It would take several decades of legal action and years of nonviolent direct action to spark real...
It was not until 1954 in Brown v. Board of Education and later 1964 with the Civil...
De facto segregation continues today because of both contemporary behavior and the historical legacy of de jure...
Slavery was abolished over 150 years ago in the United States, but the hard work of achieving...
Introduction From the start of European expansion into the Atlantic world, Britain fought other powers for territory...