In essence, that’s what Juneteenth means to me,” Gordon-Reed said in keynote remarks at a recent two-day conference on slavery in Texas, hosted by the Witte Museum. The author’s work led to ...

She said she was drawn to South Texas after reading an article about the Underground Railroad and a cemetery that holds the ...

When Mexico encouraged settlers to come to its territory of Texas, many Americans brought slaves with them. In 1829, the Mexican government abolished slavery in Texas to try to lessen American ...

Cotton transformed the United States, making fertile land in the Deep South, from Georgia to Texas, extraordinarily valuable. Growing more cotton meant an increased demand for slaves. Slaves in ...

The parallels between anti-abortion states cracking down on abortion seekers and providers and the slavery fight are hard to miss.

On 19 June 1865, enslaved people in Galveston, Texas, received momentous news: slavery had been abolished. They were free. The day became known as Juneteenth, a word created by joining the words ...