The world’s largest slave society was a crucial factor in the country’s economic takeoff beyond what’s commonly assumed.

CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCIV) — Within the walls of The Old Slave Mart, there are newspapers dated back to the 19th century. They showcase front page ads of enslaved people without a voice. "Slavery and ...

Eight decades ago, a presidential commission guided by Jefferson’s great-great-grandson selectively edited the Founding ...

When Paul Revere took one of the most famous rides in American history to alert troops that, "The British were coming," he did so by hanging two lanterns in the bell tower of the Old North Church in ...

Nearly a decade ago, Boston’s Old North Church opened a Colonial-themed chocolate shop named for Captain Newark Jackson, a prominent early member of the historic church and a pillar of Boston’s ...

WALLACE, La. (AP) — Ceramic sculptures of hollow-eyed slave children haunt the Whitney Plantation, west of New Orleans, where owner John Cummings has infused the traditional antebellum plantation tour ...

ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla. — If you’ve taken a trip to America’s Oldest City, you’ve most likely seen the Old Slave Market at the east end of the plaza. However, the realities of what happened there nearly ...

David Plazas is the director of opinion and engagement for the USA TODAY Network Tennessee. In 1861, Tennessee’s governor made the case for secession against the Union to protect the institution of ...

A Virginia judge has ruled that embryos can legally be classified as property or “chattel” — a decision with echoes of slavery in the U.S. Fairfax County Circuit Court Judge Richard Gardiner partially ...

With one of its previous opponents gone and the same sentiment among some determined Wildwood, Missouri residents — that they are sick of waking up in houses located on a street seemingly named for ...