Last American slave ship is discovered in Alabama. The schooner Clotilda smuggled African captives into the U.S. in 1860, more than 50 years after importing slaves was outlawed.

Charles Sumner on the Barbarism of Slavery. ... 1860, Page 1 Buy Reprints. ... and an examination of the map will verify what I am about to state ...

It's rare, but hikers do sometimes find treasure. This mouthwatering list of undiscovered fortunes will turn your camping ...

Juneteenth has been a federal holiday since 2021, when President Joe Biden signed it into law. The bill passed with near ...

If you’ve ever wondered what it’s like to explore a shipwreck, pilot a remotely operated vehicle or touch artifacts that ...

In early and mid-2025, a claim that "only 1.6% of US citizens owned slaves in 1860" resurfaced and circulated widely online, ...

a/v geeks 16mm films: the civil war: slavery, compromise, and secession (1820-1860) Posted: June 16, 2025 | Last updated: June 16, 2025. Examines the build-up to the Civil War: slavery, the ...

By the conclusion of the trans-Atlantic slave trade at the end of the 19th century, ... “Watch as 13,000 Civil War Monuments Fill the U.S. Map—and Read the Chilling Inscriptions ...

We feature a special broadcast marking the Juneteenth federal holiday that commemorates the day in 1865 when enslaved people ...

Juneteenth celebrates the fall of slavery in the U.S. At the Charles H. Wright Museum in Detroit, visitors heard from descendants of slaves.

It was unfortunately too true that the slave trade was extensively carried on in Cuba, between 30,000 and 40,000 slaves being annually imported into the Island.

School – and the federal government's role in it – has been a topic of debate in the U.S. since the very first Department of Education was created.