"Modern descriptions of American slavery often paint the North as slavery-free, abolitionist states, but this isn’t true." ...

In this excerpt from Letter IX of John Rankin’s Letters on American Slavery, Rankin argues that slavery is incompatible with ...

Juneteenth, the day commemorating the end of slavery in the United States, is not a state holiday in Florida. Here's what to ...

KALAMAZOO, Mich. — June 19, 1865 –the day all people in the United States were officially granted freedom. All across the ...

The article discusses the ongoing issue of slavery in Texas, the rescinding of asylum protection for people of color, and the need for young Progressives to fight for democracy and the Constitution.

Did you know Tennessee has two holidays celebrating Emancipation from slavery? Juneteenth, the federal holiday, and August 8.

As a lawsuit tries to stop a forced prison labor program, a beer distributor is defending its own participation.

The federal holiday marks the day in 1865 when Union soldiers brought the news of freedom to enslaved Black people in Texas.

Juneteenth may mark the day in 1865 when enslaved people in Galveston, Texas found out they had been freed, but thousands of ...

June 19th, or Juneteenth, marks the emancipation of slavery of slavery in the United States. While most city offices will be ...

And slavery already had traction in Illinois ... in accordance with a proclamation from the executive of the United States, all slaves are free." A celebration followed, one that continues ...

Acknowledging the historical link between the end of Black slavery in the U.S. and the creation of the State of West Virginia ...