In American mythology, the freeing of the slaves is a top-to-bottom affair: Lincoln issued his Emancipation Proclamation in 1862, and after that it was up to government to ensure their rights, though ...

CELINA, Tenn. (WTVF) — In Clay County, nestled among the hills, lies a historic community known as "Free Hill", sometimes referred to as "Free Hills". Established in 1816, it stands as one of the ...

On this day April 13, in 1873, as many as 150 freed slaves were murdered by an angry crowd in Colfax, La. The attack has become a symbol of post-Civil War politics in the South and came as a direct ...

Fashion has continued to be a part of Juneteenth celebrations as a way to express freedom. For centuries, Juneteenth has been a celebration of emancipation, community, and joy for Black Americans. The ...

SILSBEE, Texas — The great-great-grandson of a former Jasper County slave, is coming to the Ice House Museum Friday, February 23 at 7 p.m. Fred McCray will be giving a free lecture about his family ...

Edda Fields-Black was working on a book about rice plantations when she came across the story of a raid in Beaufort that freed more than 700 slaves from Lowcountry plantations. The Carnegie Mellon ...

A sign outside Historic Mitchelville Freedom Park on Hilton Head Island. (Provided/Town of Hilton Head Island) Months before the Emancipation Proclamation declared an end to slavery, freed slaves were ...

DEFIANCE COUNTY, Ohio — A historic cemetery from the mid-1800s was recently rediscovered in Defiance County and because of the work that went into confirming its location, it will soon receive ...

Credit: NAM MSS 2012, Rossville Museum Archives Collection, Manuscripts/Archive Collection, National Afro-American Museum and Cultural Center, Wilberforce, Ohio. Credit: NAM MSS 2012, Rossville Museum ...

(The Root) — This image is part of a weekly series that The Root is presenting in conjunction with the Image of the Black in Western Art Archive at Harvard University’s W.E.B. Du Bois Institute for ...

Online posts and articles suggest that a place named the Devil's Punchbowl in Natchez, Mississippi, was "a concentration camp … established by Union soldiers to eradicate the slaves" during the Civil ...