How some enslaved Black people stayed in Southern slaveholding states – and found freedom
Instead of using the secret routes along the Underground Railroad to find freedom in the North, thousands of enslaved Black ...
The Troubling Slavery-Era Origins of Inmate Firefighting
The history of enslaved firefighters offers a cautionary tale about the dangers of relying on involuntary labor to fight ...
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Sailing to freedom: ESU to host college professors on topic of Maritime Underground Railroad
We’ve all surely heard about the Underground Railroad’s land routes slaves used to escape the antebellum South, but did you ...
African American Historical Places
For more than 30 years, the SC African American Heritage Commission has taken a serious effort in preserving the rich African ...
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College of Charleston reveals Black History Month events with lectures, films, and more
The College of Charleston is kicking off Black History Month this week by releasing a calander of eventsBlack History Month, ...
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The Troubling Slavery-Era Origins of Inmate Firefighting
The parallel between inmate firefighting and slavery is more connected than ... in 2025 with enslaved firefighting in the antebellum South. Enslaved fire crews did some of the most grueling ...
The anti-immigrant ICE raids and the 1854 “Slave Catchers Riot” in Worcester, Massachusetts
In October 1854, a large crowd in Worcester, Massachusetts took action against the presence of "slave catcher" Asa O. Butman ...
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Should America Pay Slavery Reparations?
The roughly 400,000 acres to be awarded: "The islands from Charleston, south, the abandoned rice ... and masonry. Slavery was a wealth transfer from enslaved Black laborers to America’s antebellum ...
Pieces of Our Past: The Snowden Memorial at Ellsworth Cemetery
Ellsworth Cemetery was founded by a small cadre of Black Civil War Veterans in 1876 to provide a burial ground for the ...