Because of a lack of record keeping during the slavery era, tracking African American ancestry is a challenge. But a report ...

Hundreds of civilians are believed to have died while fleeing east to Louisiana during the Texas Revolution 189 years ago.

For instance, countering the "Lost Cause" myth that enslaved people were settled on Southern plantations and Texas cotton fields ... separation on families during slavery, and of their arduous ...

As many as a quarter of the Indians died during the forced march ... settlers to come to its territory of Texas, many Americans brought slaves with them. In 1829, the Mexican government abolished ...

During the 1830s alone, the migration of slaves to the lower South increased ... As the country expanded westward to Kansas and Nebraska, Texas, New Mexico and California, pushing out Native ...

Jasmine Crockett, D-Texas, came during her appearance on an episode ... said the 14 reparations bills seek a formal apology for slavery and other human rights violations from the governor and ...