In his book Fear No Pharaoh, Richard Kreitner examines the reactions of six Jewish Americans to slavery and the Civil War.

A mysterious formal portrait of an enslaved man named Frederick is expected to sell for as much as $500,000 at auction in New Orleans ...

The Louisiana Board of Elementary and Secondary ... Even putting aside the issue of slavery, Trump would have us believe that place names are sacrosanct even when they involve the U.S. Army ...

It will be the first time Louisiana has used nitrogen gas to execute ... At the rally, she connected capital punishment to the state's legacy of slavery and lynchings. She called on supporters ...

All over south Louisiana, and indeed across the country, people honor their dead. At historical sites, battlefields, military ...

Afeni smiled proudly as she witnessed her son’s emotional intelligence blossom.  She knew she had laid a firm foundation for the man he was becoming and was ...

The Shreve Memorial Library is highlighting African American family history with its genealogy research programs. Starting on ...

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For we ourselves were once foolish, disobedient, deluded, slaves to various desires and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful ourselves and hating one another. But when the kindness and ...

As you try to grab the prized beads and throws from this year’s Mardi Gras parades, you may want to take in the art and pageantry of what’s rolling by you on the street.

A United Nations judge convicted of forcing a young Ugandan woman to work as a slave in Britain told police she had "immunity" and was "not a criminal" when she was arrested, bodycam footage shows.