Here are ten shocking facts about slavery and American descendants of chattel slavery who survived the unthinkable in the ...

For African Americans across the United States, ‘ Juneteenth ’ is an annual celebration, marking the official ending of slavery. The commemoration on June 19 sees people across the US mark the ...

1865: Slavery played a central role in the history of the United States, existing from the early 1600s, and indirectly led to the Civil War which finally brought about its abolition in 1865.

White House gripes against Smithsonian come despite president’s past praise of museums like National Museum of African ...

President Donald Trump was roasted online Tuesday after he bemoaned that museums only show the negatives of slavery. Trump ...

The remark, made as the president has ordered a wide-ranging review of museum exhibits, added to his pattern of minimizing Black history.

The Confederate States, as they became known, eventually lost to the northern United States - led by President Abraham Lincoln - in the American Civil War.

In 1860, a United States census counted nearly four million enslaved people living in the country. The Civil War was fought between abolitionists and the pro-slavery Confederacy, until the ...

Aaron Morrison Wednesday 09 November 2022 07:50 GMT Slavery rejected in some, not all, states where on ballot Show all 3 ...

"The United States of America has never had a day without codified slavery," says Curtis Ray Davis II, who spent over 25 years serving hard labour in a Louisiana prison for a murder that he did ...