The 13th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution abolished slavery and involuntary servitude, except as punishment for a crime.
The 54th Massachusetts Infantry was one of the first official Black regiments in the Union Army, organized in…
Harriet Tubman escaped slavery in Maryland in 1849 and returned many times to lead family members and others…
Frederick Douglass escaped slavery in Maryland in 1838 and became one of the most powerful abolitionist speakers and…
President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation on January 1, 1863. It declared enslaved people in areas in…
Benjamin O. Davis Jr. commanded the Tuskegee Airmen during World War II, leading the 332nd Fighter Group in…