Born under the shackles of slavery, Harriet Tubman refused to accept a life where she wasn't free. Even after escaping, she ...

Henry “Box” Brown’s idea to ship his way to freedom might have been the most successful disappearing act of all time.

Would the new territories be slave-holding or free? Over the next several years, Jackson seized millions of acres of Indian lands in the southeast, eventually removing five Indian nations from ...

all slaves were free, and any slave that opted to remain on a plantation must be treated as a hired worker — the remaining enslaved individuals were not freed immediately or even soon there ...

We sometimes imagine that such oppressive laws were put quickly into full force by greedy landowners. But that's not the way slavery was established in colonial America. It happened gradually ...

Leader’s yearlong examination of Lexington’s 250 years of history examines the story of Charlotte Dupuy, who sought her freedom from Henry Clay.

Our struggle inspired others around the world that they too could be free from the slave trade and colonial control. Lord Grenville: It was a long battle. There were hundreds of petitions to ...

and the selling of him in Virginia as a slave. The name of the alleged kidnapper is MASON THOMAS, and that of the colored man GEORGE ANDERSON. View Full Article in Timesmachine » Advertisement ...

10 million more people were in modern slavery in 2021 compared to 2016 global estimates, bringing the total to 50 million worldwide. Women and children remain disproportionately vulnerable.