Robert Smalls​ escaped slavery in Charleston by commandeering a Confederate ship and became a top Union naval officer and South Carolina lawmaker.

Wikimedia Commons/Richmond Compiler The Creole Rebellion of 1841 The Creole was just another slave ship crossing the Atlantic in November 1841, carrying human cargo to Southern markets. Then Madison ...

When historians and the public think about the end of domestic slavery in west Africa, they often imagine colonial governors issuing decrees and missionaries working to end local traffic in enslaved ...

For historian Charles Perkins, Waco and McLennan County’s 11 post-Civil War freedom colonies, and the 28 churches that grew ...

In 1775, Britain was at its height of global power, with its colonies spread across the globe, including the American ...

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Friday on the RCP Podcast, Andrew Walworth spoke to economic historian Phillip W. Magness about his new book: "The 1619 ...

President Trump hinted at ending federal recognition of Juneteenth, which marks the end of slavery in the U.S. But there are ...

By the time of the Yorktown Campaign in 1781, Quartermaster officials were positioned across the 13 colonies.

249 years ago, Georgia was among the original 13 colonies to declare independence from Great Britain on July 4, 1776. James Oglethorpe is credited with the founding of Georgia in 1733.

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – Ohio lawmakers are moving to amend a portion of the state’s constitution that permits slavery as a form of punishment for crime. Ohio’s constitution currently bans slavery a… ...