Slavery helped bring about the deadliest military conflict in the history of the United States – the American Civil War. The Trans-Atlantic trading routes brought in more than 12 million enslaved ...

SHREVEPORT, La. (KTAL/KMSS) – As people across the country celebrated Juneteenth, some question whether or not lawmakers in 1865 actually intended to abolish enslavement. Juneteenth commemorates the ...

Washington D.C. (WHTM) On January 31, 1865, the U.S. Congress passed the 13th Amendment to the Constitution, which ended slavery in the United States, and sent it to states for ratification. This is a ...

Today's Black History Month lesson from Derek Mosley teaches about the 13th Amendment, the institution of "Black Codes" and maintaining slavery even after the abolishment of slavery. OnMilwaukee is ...

Slavery is still constitutionally legal in the United States. It was mostly abolished after the 13th Amendment was ratified following the Civil War in 1865, but not completely. Lawmakers at the time ...

WASHINGTON (KTVZ) -- As Juneteenth approaches, Oregon's U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley, New Jersey's U.S. Senator Cory Booker, and U.S. Representative Nikema Williams (D-GA-05) teamed up to introduce the ...

Lincoln was the only Oscar-winning movie ever to dramatize the passage of a constitutional amendment — the 13th, which ended slavery. Director Steven Spielberg gave all the credit for the amendment’s ...

Republicans and Democrats Can’t Agree on Anything — Except the AI Threat Alex Acosta Claims Lack of Victim Cooperation Would Have Derailed Epstein Prosecution Trump Commutes Former Representative ...

On Dec. 6, it will be exactly 157 years ago to the day that the 13th Amendment was ratified by the states, thereby becoming law of the land in 1865. Many people mistakenly believe this amendment ended ...

Paul G. Summers, a lawyer, is a former appellate and senior judge, district attorney general, and the attorney general of Tennessee. Editor's note: This is a regular feature on issues related to the ...