Before Lincoln turned the idea of “the Union” into a cause worth dying for, he tried other means of ending slavery in America ...

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 ...

The legacy of slavery in America remains a divisive issue, with sharp political divides. Some argue that slavery still ...

The year: 1861. The problem: Pro-slavery states had broken away from the Union, rising up in armed revolt as the treasonous ...

A Chicago rabbi, Liebmann Adler, welcomed the conclusion of the Civil War and the end to slavery, a “disaster in an otherwise blessed land.” Emma Mordecai, a Virginia Jew, prepared ...

From the 1760s until the Civil War, runaway slave ads in the Virginia and North Carolina newspapers often mentioned the Dismal Swamp as the likely destination, and there was persistent talk of ...

Good social change has come about due to struggles and sacrifices made by brave people. We must continue to stand against ...

After the Civil War, those torn from loved ones and family members by slaveowners placed newspaper ads in the hope of reunion ...

History: Florida paid dearly for its role in the Civil War, winding up both broken and broke for years afterward ...

“They didn’t want slavery because they didn’t want blacks ... whose name comes from an 1858 address by William Seward, interprets the Civil War as unavoidable due to the irreconcilable ...

Bennett Place State Historic Site in NC commemorates Civil War surrender and slavery's end with a two-day event.