A Wilmington homeowner learned her property was bought by her great-great grandfather, a former slave, in 1885 and has remained in the family.

The owner of property 709 North Eighth St. in Wilmington discovered that her great-great grandfather, a former slave, bought ...

Kansas City had a rare opportunity to rename Troost Avenue. Then Mayor Quinton Lucas stepped in and derailed the entire process. Lucas wanted to wait until 2028 to permanently replace street signs ...

Introduction: Mistresses of the market -- Mistresses in the making -- "I belong to de mistis" -- "Missus done her own bossing" -- "She thought she could find a better market" -- "Wet nurse for sale or ...

The son of the man who used to be the caretaker for the storied Slave Theater at 1215 Fulton Street in Bed Stuy, who claims to be the rightful heir to the property but lost a court case contesting its ...

There is no telling what you will find searching through old Carroll County records. Recently the name Bernard M. Campbell popped up in books dating to the 1850s and early 1860s. Following Campbell’s ...

FULTON COUNTY, Ga. — A Fulton County Probate Court judge says she and her staff were stunned when they decided to read wills in their record room that date back to before the Civil War. Fulton County ...

This is an article from The New York Times. To read an Opinion or Editorial piece from the Houston Chronicle, go to HoustonChronicle.com. On April 16, 1862, President Abraham Lincoln signed a bill ...

The candidate said ending the legacy of slavery now had a personal connection. Democratic presidential candidate Beto O’Rourke has revealed that he and his wife Amy are descended from slave owners. In ...

When Britain abolished slavery in its empire in 1833, it paid the equivalent of hundreds of billions today in ...

"Bridging women's history, the history of the South, and African American history, this book makes a bold argument about the role of white women in American slavery. Historian Stephanie E.