According to a recent study, 37% of the Columbus population was enslaved by 1860. The history behind slavery is a very dark ...

The USS Constellation is a well-known Civil War ship, the last all-sail warship built by the United States Navy.

A 90-minute walking tour details the city’s role in promoting slavery throughout the South and the driving force of faith to survive and triumph over it.

The Fox News headline quoting Massachusetts Democrat Rep. Ayanna Pressley was hilarious. Quite unintentionally.

Lincoln was a crony capitalist on economic policy, advocating protectionist tariffs, corporate welfare for railroad ...

In recognition of Black History Month, we look at the Florence Farming Association at the Florence Hill New York State Forest ...

IN SEPTEMBER OF 1860, WITH 705 CAPTIVES ON BOARD. THE GOAL OF THE AFRICAN SQUADRON WAS NOT TO DESTROY THE SLAVE SHIP, BUT TO OVERTAKE IT. SO THE CONSTELLATION WOULD UNFURL 20,000 SQUARE FOOT OF ...

Abraham Lincoln made a stopover at Cincinnati on his way to his inauguration in 1861, just as the nation was falling apart.

At an antebellum plantation, during Black History Month, over 100 people came to a lecture about slavery on Saturday.

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.

1860. To the Editor of the New-York Times: In your issue of Monday there was a brief account of the purchase, by H.W. BEECHER's Church, of the freedom of a little slave girl. There were one or two ...