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 ...

As is true for much of our history, we are constantly struggling to live up to our moral and human values. America was founded on ideals based on freedom and equality. Indeed, our Declaration of ...

FRANKFORT, Ky. (WKYT) - Slavery is still on the books in Kentucky. It was abolished in 1865 but remains in the state’s constitution. Now, one state lawmaker has filed legislation to change that.

“There is no other more central or urgent topic in our history than slavery,” University history professor Sean Wilentz stated at a Sept. 28 panel discussion on his most recent book, “No Property in ...

Paul G. Summers, a lawyer, is a former appellate and senior judge, district attorney general, and the attorney general of Tennessee. Editor's note: This is a regular feature on issues related to the ...

Engraving depicting the shooting of Major Pitcairn at the Battle of Bunker Hill by free black man Peter Salem, public domain. Slavery is the great exception to the rule of liberty proclaimed in the ...

It was 1860 and America was at an inflection point. It wasn’t just slavery that was on trial: the Founding Fathers’ vision itself was up for grabs. A growing segment of America’s population—mostly in ...

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Q. Is slavery in the U.S. Constitution? A. The U.S. Constitution does not use the term slavery but the existence of slavery in the United States did influence the compromises and agreements that were ...