That All Men Are Created Equal” features bills of sale, reward posters and more to explain slavery’s role in the Civil War, ...

A 90-minute walking tour details the city’s role in promoting slavery throughout the South and the driving force of faith to survive and triumph over it.

"I have lost this battle because my force was too small. The Government must not & cannot hold me responsible for the result . . . . I have seen too many dead & wounded comrades to feel otherwise than ...

“The organisers of that meeting sent a letter to Abraham Lincoln declaring support for the blockade, saying they were going through great hardship but that the fight against slavery was more ...

The court of public opinion has found no First Lady more wanting than Mary Todd Lincoln, wife of Abraham Lincoln. Her husband, who emancipated the slaves ... First Lady's letters for the Lincoln ...

Feb. 1 marks the first day of Black History Month, and suddenly the study of the Black experience may feel like an act of ...

With the first 20 Africans brought to Virginia in 1619, the United States initiated a labor system characterized by extreme ...

NOT EVEN BILLS OF SALE, NO MENTION OF THEM, AND LETTERS ... bonds of slavery. As one of the border states during the American Civil War, Missouri was exempt from President Abraham Lincoln's ...

Greatness often comes quietly and obscurely. Abraham Lincoln, America’s 16th president, was born on Sunday morning Feb. 12, ...

The series, which is sold out this year, takes place at the Hilton Naples, featuring a buffet breakfast, a talk by a ...

Today, the AJC is marking the 10th anniversary of our acclaimed Black History Month series with "Atlanta Unveiled: How African Americans Shaped Our City." ...