Abraham Lincoln issued the "preliminary" Emancipation Proclamation on this day in history, Sept. 22, 1862, announcing the slaves would be freed on Jan. 1, 1863.

The transatlantic slave trade, spanning four centuries, generated immense wealth for Western nations and played a critical role in the accumulation of capital, reflecting the brutal reality of a ...

Speaking at a congressional hearing, Mark Krikorian, the executive director of the far-right Center for Immigration Studies, ...

On a spring morning nearly a decade ago, Leigh Magar was out walking rural Johns Island, off Charleston, S.C., with her ...

Author Clint Smith asked himself a terrible question while standing on the grounds of the Dachau concentration camp in ...

The American Library Association has proclaimed Sept. 22-28 Banned Books Week to draw attention to the issue. In honor of the occasion, Random House imprint One World is hosting “Free Your Mind,” an ...

The United States was once home to more than 46,000 plantations. Today, many properties remain across the American South.

Published as Capitalism and Slavery in the US, at a time when apartheid was still enforced there and in South Africa, it has ...

But instead of living a life as a slave, he escaped bondage and became an influential anti-slavery lecturer and writer. He ...

Joseph McGill Jr., founder of the Slave Dwelling Project and a history consultant for Magnolia Plantation in Charleston, S.C.