Getty Images The US sugar industry was reliant on slave labour in the early 19th century. America's railroads also benefited from money earned through slave businesses. In the south, trains were ...

A task force of lawmakers and historians is recommending that Illinois create a full-time commission to commemorate the ...

What was special about America was not that it had slavery ... all of Western civilization eventually turned against slavery in the 19th century. This meant the end of slavery in European empires ...

eBay has launched an investigation into the sale of documents linked to transatlantic slavery on its website ... being sold in the United States of America in 1827. The advert read: “Lengthy ...

This claim regarding the Harris heritage received renewed interest following the VP's announcement of her candidacy for U.S.

Most of us know that before the American Civil War there were so ... Congresses throughout the first half of the 19th century), slaves must have resided below it and free black people above ...

A British heritage organisation has launched a project to tell the forgotten story of 19th century Black American ...

Over the past year, student protests on college campuses have dominated headlines. Such protests are nothing new, and many ...

The Missing Pieces Project, launched by Historic England, uncovers the overlooked narratives of 19th-century Black American abolitionists who campaigned against racism and slavery across Britain and ...

During and after the Civil War, inventive illustrations allowed Democrats and Republicans to turn American ballots ... County Public Library In the mid-19th century, election ballots were created ...

In two years, the U.S. will mark its 250th birthday, and the left doesn’t seem to care—giving up on America’s symbols and its very meaning.

The Central Washington University Department of Art + Design will host art historian Asiel Sepúlveda 4 to 5 p.m. Thursday, ...