Ball, a free man of color, opened a one-room photo studio in Cincinnati in 1845, but the business soon folded. He honed his ...

Alleging that Latter-day Saints are neither white nor Christian alleviates some of the tension, and possibly some of the ...

In 1848 or thereabouts, a talented artist painted an almost life-size group portrait of the three children of one of the ...

Jennifer Cromack was combing through the American Baptist archive when she uncovered a slim box among some 18th and 19th ...

For nearly two centuries, the Danish West Indies were entangled in the brutal Atlantic Slave Trade, which saw the forced ...

Initial efforts to locate a 19th century anti-slavery scroll were unsuccessful — until they looked in a church closet.

The scroll, titled "A Resolution and Protest Against Slavery," dates to 1847 and was signed by more than 115 Baptist ministers.

Birthright Citizenship and 19th-Century ‘Illegal Aliens’ The U.S.-born children of unlawfully imported former slaves received citizenship in 1868. By Jason L. Riley Share ...

Slavery, abolition in 19th century Maine topic of Feb. 6 Zoom talk Gardner, of Alna, will discuss her upcoming book, 'The Divided North: Black and White Families in the Age of Slavery.' ...