A look at slavery through the eyes of a young woman named Harriet, who was sold at auction in 1861 to pay for her white owner's debt.

Pennsylvania journalist Charles B. Fancher was born six years after his great-grandfather died and didn’t know much about his ancestor until a few years ago. While visiting his “decorous” 92-year-old ...

LAWRENCE COUNTY, Ala. (WHNT) – The Lawrence County Commission announced Monday that District 3 Commissioner Kyle Pankey has died. According to the commission, 74-year-old Pankey had served his ...

Ten former and current residents of Baldwin County living in Foley, Gulf Shores and Orange Beach are the target of a two-year ...

A legal battle over Alabama's congressional districts begins Monday at Hugo Black Federal Courthouse in Birmingham. FULL STORY: ...

CHATHAM - Historian Michael Snyder will give a presentation on the effects slavery had on Morris County at 2 p.m. this Saturday, Feb. 8 at the Library of the Chathams. Snyder, who first dove into ...

The gang was responsible for using vulnerable young people and teenagers to transport the drugs for them, with the trio having now been convicted of modern-day slavery offences in addition to drug ...

Lawrence is quite a good writer, and the text documents his observations during the Yorktown’s anti slave-trading cruise from 1844-1846, a little later (I believe) than the events that were described ...

At 6 p.m. on Feb. 5, Feb. 12 and Feb. 19 and Feb. 25, Doreen Stratton will present four topics at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church ...