Abolition wasn’t fueled by just moral or economic concerns – the booming whaling industry also helped sink slavery
Historians have long debated whether the end of slavery in the United States was primarily driven by moral campaigns or ...
Harriet Tubman fought slavery. Most of the men on US paper currency had ties to it
A US Senator wants to replace Andrew Jackson, who kept scores of slaves at his Tennessee plantation, on the front of the $20 ...
US tuna giant Bumble Bee Foods accused of profiting from ‘modern-day slavery,’ human trafficking and forced labor: suit
The lawsuit, filed in San Diego federal court on March 12, is the first known US case targeting a seafood company over forced ...
For Black people, the Revolution was full of paradoxes
There were Black soldiers fighting for the British. But others went to war for the colonists — who compared their own plight ...
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Why Jews were like everyone else — only more so — during slavery and the Civil War
Richard Kreitner's "Fear No Pharoah" gives an honest account of how Jews resisted, ignored and even championed American ...
Land reparations are possible − and over 225 US communities are already working to make amends for slavery and colonization
The historically Black 5th Ward in Evanston, Illinois. The Chicago suburb launched the nation’s first housing-based ...
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'Complicity in injustice': New Haven church wrestles with its connection to slavery 200 years later
A church connected to Lucy and Lois, documented as the final two enslaved people sold in New Haven in 1825, recently held a ...
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Bumble Bee sued by crew who says they were forced into ‘fishing boat slavery’
This is the first known case of fishing boat slavery brought against a United States seafood company. Industry insiders say ...
Three graphic novels that address the history of slavery – and commemorate resistance
Here are three recent graphic novels that can help us to remember resistance against slavery. They follow in the footsteps of ...
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Harriet Tubman fought slavery. Most of the men on US paper currency had ties to it
A US Senator wants to speed up a decade-long plan to replace Andrew Jackson on the front of the $20 bill with abolitionist Harriet Tubman. Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, a Democrat from New Hampshire ...