1518 - Details of horrific first voyages in transatlantic slave trade revealed
Almost completely ignored by the modern world, this month marks the 500th anniversary of one of history’s most tragic and significant...
1600s - The Surprising History Behind America's Stand Your Ground Laws
The idea of the right to defend oneself may seem universal, but in her new book Stand Your Ground: A History of America’s Love Affair...
1607 - How the English occupied Kecoughtan, Virginia
Kecoughtan in Virginia was originally named Kikotan (also spelled Kiccowtan, Kikowtan etc.), the name of the Algonquian Native Americans...
1619 - How Slavery Affected African American Families
In some ways enslaved African American families very much resembled other families who lived in other times and places and under vastly...
1663 - CASUAL KILLING ACT
Whereas the only law in force for the punishment of refractory servants resisting their master, mistress or overseer cannot be inflicted...
1676 - Bacon's Rebellion - Where does "White People" come from? (Listen)
Learn: How bacon's rebellion played a historical role in the creation of “white” people in America America’s legal institution was based...
1705 - Virginia's slave codes
The status of blacks in Virginia slowly changed over the last half of the 17th century. The black indentured servant, with his hope of...
1715 - Slave Codes
The increasing number of black slaves in colonial America created suspicion and fear among the general population and led to a backlash...
1776 - The Paragraph On Slavery That Never Made It Into The Declaration Of Independence
As with so many debates in our 21st century moment, the question of race and the Declaration of Independence has become a divided and...
1776 - The Declaration of Independence (Full Text)
IN CONGRESS, JULY 4, 1776 The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States of America hen in the Course of human events it becomes...