A scroll where Baptist ministers took an early stand against slavery has been rediscovered in Groton, Massachusetts. The ...

Unlike much early American artwork, enslaved persons and manumitted individuals freed from slavery were highly visibly within ancient artwork. This fact is frequently commented upon on labels in ...

The handwritten resolution, signed by 116 Baptist ministers from Massachusetts who called slavery “repugnant,” was thought to ...

American classrooms sanitize slavery. Weak standards, watered-down textbooks and fear of discussing race get in teachers' way. ... That’s Early American History 101. ...

So, did African-American slaves rebel? Of course they did. As early as 1934, our old friend Joel A. Rogers identified 33 slave revolts, including Nat Turner’s, in his 100 Amazing Facts. And nine ...

The Native American slave trade thrived for over a century, but began to be largely phased out in the early to mid-18th century. An important factor in its decline was the Yamasee War of 1715-1717.

Two freed slaves and the (early) American dream A Dartmouth professor and her spouse track the surprising story of Lucy and Abijah Prince. Mr. and Mrs. Prince By Gretchen Holbrook Gerzina, Amistad ...

From slave patrols to enabling lynchings, ... Early American policing - runaway slave patrols. Young black men are twice as likely to die at the hands of police than white men.