What was special about America was not that it had slavery ... view in non-Western societies at that time. Then how did slavery end? We know how it ended in the United States — at a cost ...

And the early history of America indicates that it probably did not." But by the episode's end, the transformation to a system of racial slavery is complete. On the eve of the American Revolution ...

In this gripping episode of "When Did Slavery Stop?", we dive deep into history to challenge the accepted story of freedom and explore how the chains of slavery have lingered far beyond their official ...

Richard Kreitner's "Fear No Pharoah" gives an honest account of how Jews resisted, ignored and even championed American ...

Also known as Emancipation Day, Freedom Day, Jubilee Day, Juneteenth Independence Day and Black Independence Day, Juneteenth commemorates the end of slavery ... during the American Civil War ...

Although there was some hope immediately after the Revolution that the ideals of independence and equality would extend to the black American ... did not mean progress. It meant slavery.

Making Black Freedom in the World” uses artifacts, art, audio and video to explore the horrors of enslavement alongside the ...

In some countries the ending of slavery did great damage to particular industries ... Four years later slavery was abolished in the southern states of America following the Southern defeat ...