Public records belong to Vermonters. Support reporting that makes government actions visible. Artist Eastman Johnson said he based his painting “A Ride to Liberty—The Fugitive Slaves” on a scene he ...

MSNBC’s Joy Reid called Missouri a “slave state” over their restrictive abortion laws, claiming pregnant women are the “property” of their husbands and the state. “This didn’t have to be a show vote.

Given the Show-Me state's proximity to the South — and its history as a slave state — researchers decided to ask how Missouri residents thought about their identity. A new survey of Missourians shows ...

The 13th Amendment of the US Constitution makes an exception to the abolition of slavery in order to permit the use of “involuntary servitude” as punishment for a crime. The modern system of mass ...

New York state will create a commission tasked with considering reparations to address the persistent, harmful effects of slavery in the state, under a bill signed into law by Gov. Kathy Hochul on ...

In the decades before the Civil War, Americans were deeply divided over slavery. When enslaved people fled north to escape from bondage, Southern owners demanded help in recapturing their property.

State Reps. Dontavius Jarrells, D-Columbus, and Veronica Sims, D-Akron, are working on a joint resolution that would remove slavery from the state’s foundational document. “This isn’t political,” ...