If you’ve ever wondered what it’s like to explore a shipwreck, the Intrepid Museum has a new exhibition you’ll want to plunge ...

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

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

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

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 ...

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 ...

Color map, entitled 'Map No 8, Status of Slavery in the United States, 1775 - 1865,' illustrates the territorial application of various slavery related laws, ... ($4,725 in 2025 dollars) in 1860.

Free blacks also were lighter in color (40.8 percent of Southern free blacks in 1860 reported mixed racial ancestry versus 10.4 percent of slaves); not surprisingly, slaves with their master’s ...

You’ve heard it before: we are living in divided times. Disagreement is part of being a citizen of a democracy, but in today's indisputably hot political climate, young people have stepped up into ...

The shadowy, pro-slavery politicians who held the United States hostage in the name of expanding slavery’s influence became known as “Slave Power.” And by 1860, the Slave Power cast a shadow ...

The map shows which states have considered policies for slavery reparations. California In California, the state's Legislative Black Caucus has pushed several bills with policies suggested by the ...