Guest: David W. Blight is Sterling Professor of History and African American Studies at Yale University.  He is the author of several books on Slavery and Abolition including, Frederick Douglass: ...

Slaves do not own their own labor. The maximum tax rate on a 19th century plantation slave’s labor was 50%, as half of his ...

At the start of the 19th century, The Genius of Liberty carried dispatches on events an ocean away and concerns as close as a ...

The 13th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution outlawed involuntary servitude but it also made an exception for convicts.

Peoria’s history includes more than its connection to Caterpillar, said Curtis. He said it was also a stop for enslaved African Americans traveling the Underground Railroad.