When I was a teenager, a mostly forgotten series of novels taught me U.S. history. How would they read to me now?

As America approaches its 249th birthday, many scholars, writers, and ordinary Americans are prompted to review the nation’s ...

Slavery defined our nation's past and still affects its present. Many Americans don't realize that, experts say. We want to help you learn the real truth about slavery. So we asked African ...

As the United States continues to confront the realities and legacy of slavery, Americans continue to challenge myths about the country’s history. One enduring myth is that slavery was a largely male ...

An MSNBC "expert" claims "American slavery was worse because slaves were treated as property." "That's complete nonsense," replies political science professor Wilfred Reilly in my new video ...

In this excerpt from Letter IX of John Rankin’s Letters on American Slavery, Rankin argues that slavery is incompatible with ...

Books & the Arts / Robin Blackburn’s sweeping history of slavery and freedom in the second half of the 19th century. Manisha Sinha Robin Blackburn is undoubtedly one of the most prolific writers ...

Robert Smalls published a newspaper, established a transportation company and served five terms in the United States Congress ...

Among the dark legacies of slavery in America was the sundering of black families: men sold to fuel the Deep South’s burgeoning cotton economy, children wrenched away from parents to settle ...

By John Stossel. Today people are taught, when it comes to slavery, America was the worst.. Virginia Sen. Tim Kaine actually said, “The United States didn’t inherit slavery from anybody; we ...

Slavery was harsh, but a lot less harsh than clearing the Brazilian jungle." "But American Blacks are at a disadvantage," I push back. "They have less capital, financial and educational capital.

Slavery In America Photo credit: Ahsan Washington . The book Slavery in America by the Equal Justice Initiative examines the horrific history of the transatlantic slave trade, where millions of ...