The writing was already on the wall for the end of slavery, but a few last desperate words made it into print on April 22, 1865. “My Negro Woman JANE left my house, one Tuesday April 5 th,” wrote N.G.

In 1857, an 18-year-old female slave, Lear Green, who had been repeatedly raped and forced into prostitution by her white owner, one James Noble, was surreptitiously placed in a wooden seaman’s chest ...

The Hubbard House Underground Railroad Museum is sponsoring several events this fall to highlight the museum and the importance of the area in the road to freedom for escaped slaves fleeing the South ...

Historians have long known that in the early American South, Indian tribes often conducted slaving raids on other tribes, on behalf of Europeans and sometimes accompanied by them. Alan Gallay is the ...

There is no telling what you will find searching through old Carroll County records. Recently the name Bernard M. Campbell popped up in books dating to the 1850s and early 1860s. Following Campbell’s ...

CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCIV) — Within the walls of The Old Slave Mart, there are newspapers dated back to the 19th century. They showcase front page ads of enslaved people without a voice. "Slavery and ...

More than two centuries ago, an enslaved man named Gabriel was making final preparations to lead a revolt in Richmond that he hoped would spur the end of slavery. He was smart, he was armed and he was ...

NMAF copy 39088013968409 is a gift from Ms. Betty A. Brooks & Mrs. Barbara B. Jackson. "The plantation was a battlefield where slaves fought masters for physical and psychological survival. Although ...

RETROSPECTIVE. A DEEP DIVE INTO HISTORY WITH RESEARCHERS CLAIMING THEY WILL FOLLOW THE TRUTH WHERE EVER IT LEADS. RECENTLY, THEY FOUND A DOCUMENT, STRONG EVIDENCE JOHNS HOPKINS, THE FOUNDING DONOR OF ...

CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCBD) – Students and faculty at the College of Charleston (CofC) recently discovered a slave badge dating back to 1853 while excavating an area on campus. The small, copper, ...

Editor's note: In honor of Black History Month, this story was written to convey both the terror of enslaved individuals as they sought their freedom and as they were ...