When the 13th Amendment abolished slavery but allowed the exception as punishment for convicted crimes, California followed ...

History is more than what we learn in textbooks—it’s a living, breathing narrative that continues to shape the present. There ...

Because of this, it was necessary to change the Constitution to make sure that slavery could never rise again. On January 31, 1865, Congress passed the 13th Amendment, which formally prevented ...

The history of enslaved firefighters offers a cautionary tale about the dangers of relying on involuntary labor to fight ...

While Kentucky does ban slavery, it carves out an exception for one group of people - people convicted of a crime. The ...

That All Men Are Created Equal” features bills of sale, reward posters and more to explain slavery’s role in the Civil War, ...

In historian Robin Bernstein's new book "Freeman's Challenge," raising questions of the for-profit prison industry ...

Since the 13th Amendment to the Constitution was passed and ratified in 1865, ending legal slavery in the U.S., no sustained attempt has been made to right this disparity, lending additional weight to ...

When the 13th Amendment abolished slavery but allowed the exception as punishment for convicted crimes, California followed suit and immediately started using prisons like Folsom and San Quentin to ...

February is Black History Month, when the nation can pause and learn something about the culture of African Americans and ...

The Senate had passed the Amendment on April 8, 1864. Ganson, who was born in Le Roy, represented the 30th Congressional ...