As late as April 1865, one year after the U.S. Senate passed the 13th Amendment that abolished slavery (when ratified), records noted that Lumpkin’s Jail in Richmond, Virginia, “shipped fifty ...

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Slavery did not become constitutionally legal in Texas until 1836. At that time, the Mexican army was defeated in the Texas Revolution by the Army of the Republic of Texas at San Jacinto. In 1834 ...

Only in Washington, D.C., did tourists gaze upon the enormous "slave mart" across the street from the House of Representatives and on enslaved laborers constructing the Capitol dome.

Opinion Slavery did not end everywhere on Juneteenth | PennLive letters Published: Jun. 20, 2024, 8:41 a.m.