Ashworth, John. Slavery, Capitalism, and Politics in the Antebellum Republic, 1820-1850. New York: Cambridge University Press, 1995. Berlin, Ira. Slaves without ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. (WIS) - Thanks to the South Carolina State Museum, a rare artifact has been acquired and is available to view digitally giving insight into the abolitionist movement in pre-Civil War ...

Edda Fields-Black gives a keynote speech for Juneteenth at Carnegie Mellon University in 2024. (Photo courtesy of Carnegie Mellon University) Edda Fields-Black was working on a book about rice ...

Once the Supreme Court has granted certiorari and agreed to review a case “on the merits,” each party files merits briefs. The merits briefs argue to the Court why each party should win the case. The ...

Basil Watson, a Jamaican-born sculptor, is creating the statue of Smalls. The likeness of Robert Smalls, the escaped slave turned South Carolina lawmaker, will be remembered as the first African ...

The Supreme Court upheld a pro-Republican South Carolina congressional map Thursday, rejecting the argument raised by civil rights groups that lawmakers impermissibly used race as a proxy to bolster ...

The likeness of Robert Smalls, the escaped slave turned South Carolina lawmaker, will be remembered as the first African-American person honored with a statue at the State House at the hands of a ...