The memoir of Isaac Johnson (1844-1905) titled Slavery Days in Old Kentucky Isaac Johnon the Author a Former Slave a True Story of a father Who Sold his Wife and ...

Log-in to bookmark & organize content - it's free! University of Kentucky professor Melanie Goan provided introductory remarks to begin her lecture on the state's decision to keep slavery or abolish ...

In the coming months, tens of thousands of records will be reviewed for information about the slave trade and the identities ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Kentucky faces many challenges this legislative season. As president of Abolish Slavery KY, I want to end legal enslavement and ...

In 1856 western Kentucky resident Martha (Mattie) Griffith Browne presented her novel The Autobiography of a Female Slave which addressed the issue of slavery in Kentucky. There were some parallels ...

Officials said those documents could provide historical context about slavery in Louisville and Kentucky.

Imprisoning people for helping slaves flee bondage isn’t tight and a Kentucky group is working to have the convicted pardoned by the governor Suggested Reading When ICE Allegedly Uses Children as Bait ...

Log-in to bookmark & organize content - it's free! University of Kentucky professor Melanie Goan talked about Kentucky's history with regard to the issue of slavery.

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As many as 150,000 slaves may have gained freedom (as depicted in 1863). "We will probably never know [the total]," says historian James O. Horton. "Part of the reason is that the underground was so ...

Slavery is often taught as a straightforward chapter in American history: it began, it was brutal, it ended with the Civil War, and the nation moved on. But the truth is far more complex, global, and ...