Disease started spreading, people were starving, and thousands—especially women ... the Civil War. While it's true that Natchez was the site of Union Army work camps that housed freed slaves ...

The South was using enslaved people to aid the war effort. Black men and women were ... most slaves did not hear of the proclamation for months. But the purpose of the Civil War had now changed.

It was an extraordinary feat given the perils of the 1850 Slave Fugitive ... to vote as a free Black woman for more than 50 ...

Slavery caused the Civil War — that is the bold ... Christy Coleman, a Black woman historian who helped shape ACWM's mission to tell the story of the era through all sides and perspectives.

Richard Kreitner's "Fear No Pharoah" gives an honest account of how Jews resisted, ignored and even championed American ...

Birmingham’s Dolores Hydock captures library attendees’ attention ANNISTON — Storyteller Dolores Hydock spoke at t Library recently, entertaining the audience with tales of history involving women who ...

The parallels between anti-abortion states cracking down on abortion seekers and providers and the slavery fight are hard to miss.