Scholars, students, and cultural preservationists gathered at UMass Amherst on Thursday for a conference examining the ...

On Wednesday, the U.S., Israel, and Argentina were the only countries to reject the formal recognition of the trans-Atlantic slave trade—which saw millions of Africans kidnapped, trafficked, ...

Are Americans one people, or many? Our national motto, “e pluribus unum,” seems to offer the definitive answer to the question: We are many, but one. Even on the verge of the Civil War, Abraham ...

Visions of America For the 250th, we asked seven leading historians to profile a founding-era American whose story has rarely been told. See the project. In August 1781, an enslaved woman named ...

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. When Bryan Stevenson moved to Montgomery, Alabama, in the 1980s, the city—one of ...

Virginia historians reflect on slavery's role in funding the Revolutionary War and shaping America's founding ideals as the nation turns 250. As we mark the 250th anniversary of the signing of the ...

The Declaration of Independence accused the king and Parliament of Great Britain of "exciting domestic insurrections" among the half-million people enslaved in the American colonies. This was a ...

In a few weeks, Americans across the country will mark the nation’s 250 th birthday. A time of celebration, yes, but also a time to reflect on the founders’ contributions and how their work informs us ...

ABC News’ Linsey Davis travels to the Whitney and Woodland Plantations in Louisiana to uncover the brutal realities of slavery that powered the economic growth and expansion of America.

The United States is threatening to impose trade tariffs of up to 12.5% on 60 countries, including Australia, over their inaction on forced and slave labour worldwide. On Wednesday, US trade ...