During a lesson on slavery, her history teacher gave bags of cotton only to Black students. Autumn was then asked to pick and ...

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Two House Democrats suggested during a Tuesday livestream that President Donald Trump is attempting to bring Black people ...

Within that community, not everyone was picking cotton or doing domestic work—some slaves worked as blacksmiths and carpenters as well. Telling the story of slavery in the South requires a deft touch, ...

A look at slavery through the eyes of a young woman named Harriet, who was sold at auction in 1861 to pay for her white owner's debt.

Suddenly cotton became a profitable crop, transforming the southern economy and changing the dynamics of slavery. The first federal census of 1790 counted 697,897 slaves; by 1810, there were 1.2 ...

of slaves picking cotton under the watchful eye of a white overseer as the source for this wrenching silent work. Through digital manipulation, Jacobs creates a haunting illusion of depth and ...

Slavery and cotton production became synonymous with the ... "We'd get $12 per bale and we had to pick hard in order to have money to buy food during that season," said Mississippi State Senator ...

Those who survived the dangerous and long journey, which took six to eight weeks, were then forced into slavery for many different purposes and services, such as picking cotton or cutting sugar cane.