Historians have long debated whether the end of slavery in the United States was primarily driven by moral campaigns or economic changes. But what if both perspectives are looking at only part of the ...

Sir Lenny Henry might be famous for his comedy, but there is nothing light-hearted about his latest work. In a new book, The ...

NMAH copy Purchased from the NMAH Library Endowment. What would separate Union and Confederate countries look like if the South had won the Civil War? This was something that southern secessionists ...

What would the antebellum American economy have looked like without slavery? Using new micro-data on the U.S. economy in 1860, we document that where free and enslaved workers live and how much they ...

Anchorage Mayor Dan Sullivan backtracked Wednesday from controversial remarks he made earlier this week comparing rules that require union membership and payment of union dues to slavery. The ...

Billionaire businessman Femi Otedola has praised Aliko Dangote for the successful launch of his $20 billion refinery in Lagos, describing it as a monumental achievement that has the potential to ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Starting around 1650, whaling expanded along the Northeast coast of the British ...