Many former slaves remained after the Civil War, as sharecroppers, before resettling on the mainland in the late 19th century, mostly in the community of Pin Point, the birthplace of Supreme Court ...

Richard Kreitner's 'Fear No Pharaoh" unpacks the myths surrounding Jews and slavery in and around the Civil War and its ...

They then research and create posters depicting prominent abolitionists and the tactics they used to advance the cause of ending slavery. In the 1800s, before the Civil War, if you were anti ...

The system of slavery was grounded in violence ... I found roughly 70 violent incidents in the 30 years before the Civil War—and very often the incidents featured a Southerner trying to ...

often a bill of sale - bearing just the age and gender of the person sold - is the only record for an individual living in a pre-Civil War slave-holding state. The challenges of reaching back to ...

If Taylor's former slaves had received land in other parts ... However, state courts in pre-Civil War free states and border states, such as Kentucky, were often more progressive, said William ...

Alec Baldwin says the country is in a “bad” state of political division, describing it as a “pre-Civil War environment.” “Boy, you can see now that we are in a ...

Slavery caused the Civil War — that is the bold ... to think and to engage. Before visitors even step inside, they're invited at the doors to drop a token into a box to say what they think ...

was "a concentration camp … established by Union soldiers to eradicate the slaves" during the Civil War. Some sources allege that "over 20,000 freed slaves were killed in one year in this ...

General Robert E. Lee’s surrender at Appomattox came the day before the first night of Passover 1865. A Chicago rabbi, Liebmann Adler, welcomed the conclusion of the Civil War and the end to slavery, ...

The parallels between anti-abortion states cracking down on abortion seekers and providers and the slavery fight are hard to miss.

Actor Alec Baldwin warned his social media followers Tuesday that he believes the United States exists in a “pre-Civil War culture.” “Boy, you can see now that we are in ...