“At book events, I am consistently asked if the road south is the same as the Underground Railroad north,” she says. The short answer is yes and no. Numerically, it diverges: Between 30,000 and ...

Charleston, South Carolina blends hands-on history, engaging museums, and beachside fun to surprise even the most reluctant ...

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.

In the upper South, moreover, a shift from tobacco to wheat production lessened the need for a resident year-round labor force, leading to the manumission of increasing numbers of slaves.

In the four decades before the Civil War, thousands of fugitive slaves escaped from the U.S. to Mexico. Runaways found both unfamiliar risks and high rewards south of the border.

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.

Detroit was the last U.S. stop on the Underground Railroad for many people fleeing slavery for freedom in Canada, especially those living in Missouri, the northernmost slave state in the Midwest. I… ...

Hundreds, if not thousands, of events are planned in the South to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the Civil War, despite its origins in slavery.

Former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley failed to mention that slavery was the cause of the Civil War in a town hall Wednesday, drawing backlash from her Republican and Democratic rivals.