Athens native Michael Thurmond shares the anti-slavery feelings of Georgia's founder, General James Oglethorpe.

Judge John Hancock kept his half-brothers in bondage until Juneteenth in 1865. He educated his own half-Black son who became ...

Bennett Parten, a Royston native and assistant professor of history at Georgia Southern University, has done the research and concluded that Georgia was the site of the biggest liberation event in ...

The general’s campaign through the South is known for its brutality against civilians. For the enslaved who followed his army ...

I would like to refer briefly also to two other domestic issues of significant importance, namely the land and housing reform, and the nationalization of the plantations. Land reform was ultimately a ...

Thousands of newly freed slaves followed the Union army’s “March to the Sea” in the hopes of protection as they left bondage behind.

Western Railway has announced a major block on the nights of January 24th/25th (Friday/Saturday) and January 25th/26th (Saturday/Sunday) for the reconstruction of a bridge between Mahim and Bandra ...

Economy Minister Nir Barkat told Reuters in an interview during the World Economic Forum's annual meeting in Davos, Switzerland that reconstruction of Gaza was not possible unless Hamas decided it ...

JALALABAD (Pajhwok): About 3.851 million trees will be planted as part of a spring tree plantation campaign in Jalalabad city and districts of eastern . . .

He sets forth that it has been represented that the Confederate army and armed bands of robbers are harassing the people of Georgia and endeavoring to intimidate them in their efforts to secure ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Auburn guard Denver Jones (2) dribbles the ball past Georgia guard Silas Demary Jr. (5) during the first ...