It was named after its owner, tobacco tycoon Colonel Augustine ... Most of us picture the plantations we see in the movies, ...

Discover how African Americans have contributed to the U.S. economy, despite historical inequalities. Explore the impact of ...

A look at slavery through the eyes of a young woman named Harriet, who was sold at auction in 1861 to pay for her white owner's debt.

The U.S. cotton industry, which depended on enslaved plantation labor in the Deep South, accounted for at least 5% of the U.S. GDP. All slave-related productivity accounted for as much as 50% of ...

Blue” has been one of the last colors to receive a name in nearly every culture, perhaps because of its rare occurrence in ...

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Here is our only interaction with human life.”   Cedar Annenkovna reaches through the 12-inch slot on the cell door. The steel bars reach well above her head and anchor into a cement block in the ...

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In recent years, a new tobacco ‘endgame’ has been proposed: the denial of tobacco sale to any citizen born after a certain year, thus creating new tobacco-free generations. The proposal would not ...

As he celebrated the end of the Civil War and the abolition of slavery in 1865, Frederick Douglass emphasized that pervasive racial discrimination remained an obstacle to the attainment of equal ...