Slavery

Coming to terms with the Confederacy

January 18, 2011 By Mark Potok

Some groups want to remember the Confederacy "the right way." Whatever can they mean?

Lincoln’s fiery trial was America’s too

January 6, 2011 By Teresa Albano

Book review: Eric Foner's "The Fiery Trial: Abraham Lincoln and American Slavery."

Slaves who built U.S. Capitol to be honored

June 14, 2010 By Joe Sims

The U.S. Congress will acknowledge the role of slave labor in building the U.S. Capitol Building this week.

“Gone with the Wind” days in Virginia

April 8, 2010 By Emile Schepers

In the 2006 Senate election in Virginia, incumbent Republican George Allen was defeated by Democrat Jim Webb after undergoing what is called here his "macaca moment."

Apologizing for slavery and segregation

June 15, 2007 By Dennis Laumann

You may not know it living in the United States, but this year most of what historians call the Atlantic World is commemorating the 200th anniversary of the British abolition of the transatlantic slave trade.