South Carolina, September 9, 1739: A band of slaves march down the road, carrying banners that proclaim "Liberty!". They shout out the same word. Led by an Angolan named Jemmy, the men and women ...

By 1830 slavery was primarily located in the South, where it existed in many different forms. African Americans were enslaved on small farms, large plantations, in cities and towns, inside homes ...

In early and mid-2025, a claim that "only 1.6% of US citizens owned slaves in 1860" resurfaced and circulated widely online, including on X, Reddit and Facebook.

Two businessmen’s unusual conversion in 1700s South Carolina led them to liberate the people they put in bondage. Skip to content. ... They Changed Their Minds about Slavery and Left a Bible Record.

The lesser-known story of 100K courageous runaway slaves who fled the South via the ‘Blue Highway’ By . Caroline Howe. Published May 17, 2025, 12:07 p.m. ET.

Slavery and the Great Migration are but two of 13 mass movements of black people that changed the nation, ... Before Whitney’s innovation, about 700,000 slaves lived in the South.

One reaction to criticism about new Florida standards: Nobody is saying slavery was good. Maybe not. But in the past, that's exactly what was said.

Shortly after anti-slavery candidate Abraham Lincoln won the presidential election in 1860, South Carolina seceded from the U.S. followed by 10 more states by June of the following year.

The leaders of Serbia, a small kingdom on the Balkan peninsula, were interested in unifying the Slavs of southern Europe into a Greater Serbia, or a nation of South Slavs (Yugoslavs).

Pastor with ties to Pete Hegseth claimed slavery promoted ‘affection between the races’ in South. Pastor Douglas Wilson, of the Communion of Reformed Evangelical Churches, made the statements ...

Did the South assassinate this president to preserve slavery? Forensic scientists say it’s possible Zachary Taylor died in 1850 of food poisoning.