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

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — More than 150 years after slaves were freed in the U.S., voters in five states will soon decide whether to close loopholes that led to the proliferation of a different ...

Take Tennessee, where the Eighth of August, known as Emancipation Day, has been the traditional celebration to mark the end of slavery, remind the nation of its bloodguilt and agitate for a more ...

In early and mid-2025, a claim that "only 1.6% of US citizens owned slaves in 1860" resurfaced and circulated widely online, ...

As we join Juneteenth celebrations throughout the country this week, marking the day in Texas when the last slaves were informed that they were free, let’s look at the history behind Juneteenth in a ...

LOS ANGELES — The national movement to close a so-called slavery loophole in state constitutions was riding a wave of momentum after voters in eight states — including deep-red Alabama and ...

History Slavery Myths Debunked The Irish were slaves too; slaves had it better than Northern factory workers; black people fought for the Confederacy; and other lies, half-truths, and irrelevancies.

Inside the Boston Public Library, deep in the stacks, are clues to an escape from slavery in 1848 – a breathtaking combination of daring and deception. Author Ilyon Woo, who has spent the last ...

NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with Ilyon Woo about her new book — Master Slave Husband Wife — which details the account of Ellen and William Craft escaping slavery.

That is simply not true. In 1860, three years before the Emancipation Proclamation, The United States Federal Census Schedule reported 488,070 free black Americans. True, many might say quasi-free ...

African countries are still not free from the clutches of slavery and colonialism as they are still undergoing all forms of exploitation by their former colonial masters. Raw materials and ...

The book turned Northup into a national champion for anti-slavery, and 160 years later,... Times Union Logo Hearst Newspapers Logo. Skip to ... Story is told of a free black man sold into ...