In 1865, two dozen Union soldiers, all formerly enslaved, were ambushed and killed along a road in Kentucky. Archaeologists ...

Cement maker Lafarge goes on trial in France on Tuesday, accused of paying the Islamic State group and other jihadists to ...

Gettysburg Address, the fight against slavery and the battle for freedom provide historical perspective on principles of the Revolution and practice of slavery ...

Cement group Lafarge goes on trial in France Tuesday, accused of paying the Islamic State group and other jihadists ...

Eight decades ago, a presidential commission guided by Jefferson’s great-great-grandson selectively edited the Founding ...

In the summer of 1774 Jefferson retreated to Monticello and wrote a secret plea meant to avert disputes with the British — a ...

The world’s largest slave society was a crucial factor in the country’s economic takeoff beyond what’s commonly assumed.

The British Empire outlawed slavery in 1833. Slave-catchers could brazenly pursue freedom seekers into northern states that ...

A 170-year-old hotel in downtown Selma, Alabama, was set for demolition before preservationists realized the value of its ...

A plain reading of the Constitution refutes Trump’s spurious claims about the Fourteenth Amendment, but the conservative ...

A look at 100 realities revealing the deliberate rollback of Black voices and civil rights. Is America spinning backward?

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