the "Confederate Senate and House of Representatives at Richmond were debating the grave question of putting arms in the hands of the Southern slaves to aid in accomplishing what has otherwise ...

The sun wasn't up yet when a dozen people began to gather on Wednesday at an all-Black cemetery in this South Texas border ...

The state Capitol stairs serve as a stark example of complicated work performed by a complicated man, who lived a remarkable ...

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In the 1850s and 1860s, British North America became a popular refuge for slaves fleeing the horrors of plantation life in the American South. In all 30,000 slaves fled to Canada, many with the ...

EAST LANSING, Mich. (AP) — An 1842 U.S. Supreme Court ruling overturning the kidnapping conviction of a white man who seized ...

YORK COUNTY, S.C. — A York County man has unearthed 144 slave gravesites buried in his backyard after working with archeologists and has since been working to restore the area. Homeowner Andrew ...

The pastor of an evangelical church with ties to Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth once claimed slavery promoted “affection between the races” in the South. Doug Wilson, founder of the Communion ...

She said she was drawn to South Texas after reading an article about the Underground Railroad and a cemetery that holds the remains of a family that helped slaves cross from what is now Pharr ...