A constitutional crisis in 1860s Prussia could teach Americans the importance of public participation in democracy.

That every intelligent, right-meaning man in every State where Slavery exists believes the institution to be productive of evil, and that the only reason why emancipation has not long since taken ...

Though slavery had such a wide variety of faces, the underlying concepts were always the same. Slaves were considered property, and they were property because they were black. Their status as ...

The Omaha Nebraskian, of the 10th, states that the bill abolishing Slavery in Nebraska Territory ... from and after the 1st day of July, A.D. 1860. The bill passed the House by a vote of 19 ...

COLUMBUS, Ga. (WTVM) - According to a recent study, 37% of the Columbus population was enslaved by 1860. The history behind slavery is a very dark history, from being chained, whipped, raped ...

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 ...

When he returned to the palace the following day to be sold into slavery, al-Kanemi fixed his ... who brought Said to New York on January 6, 1860. This will be continued next week.

whose members were strongly opposed to the westward expansion of slavery into new states, was gaining prominence. The election of a Republican, Abraham Lincoln, as President in 1860 sealed the deal.