there is no evidence of a single colonist expressing support for independence in order to protect slavery. The 1619 Project’s claims were based not on historical sources but on imputation and ...

We in English-speaking America sometimes think of them as the first slaves in Jamestown in 1619. But there had been many Africans in North America before that, traveling with the Spanish explorers ...

It proliferated for millennia before slaves are first known to have been sold in Virginia, in 1619. It persisted long after it was abolished in the United States in 1865. It was practiced by ...

Reparations. For what? For whom? What does this word mean? At its basic level, Reparations means to make someone whole for ...

By Texas law, for instance, “a teacher, administrator, or other employee of a state agency, school district, or ...

“To commemorate the anniversary of the 1619 landing, we are highlighting ... The 13th Amendment ended slavery in the U.S., but the pursuit of equality and civil rights for all endures, Smith ...