The world’s largest slave society was a crucial factor in the country’s economic takeoff beyond what’s commonly assumed.

Gálvez, a native New Mexican and former state historian, discusses project aimed at preserving the history of enslaved ...

Contrary to popular progressive opinion, slaves did not build America. Rather, the institution of slavery harmed America ...

As America marks 250 years since the Declaration, Jefferson’s words have taken on an aura of moral clarity about equality, ...

The Philadelphian came to see that the ideals he championed — liberty, self-determination, human dignity — could not coexist ...

EAST LANSING, Mich. (AP) — An 1842 U.S. Supreme Court ruling overturning the kidnapping conviction of a White man who seized a Black family and forced them into slavery south of the Mason-Dixon line ...

WASHINGTON − President Donald Trump said the Smithsonian museums in Washington are too fixated on "how bad slavery was" and other negative aspects of United States history as he promised to take aim ...

Slavery’s place in U.S. history has once again become a flashpoint in public discourse. On one hand, President Donald Trump has criticized Smithsonian institutions, including the National Museum of ...

Operatives and influencers aligned with the movement — which has made the treasonous Confederacy into a cause célèbre and ...

A haunting photo of a formerly enslaved man whose back is heavily scarred by whippings has become a new flashpoint in President Donald Trump's efforts to alter how history is presented in the United ...

The "Abolition Acre" self-guided walking tour was recently established by the nonprofit Beacon Hill Scholars to raise ...