Slavery – Page 19 – People's World

Massachusetts aims to curb modern-day slavery

January 28, 2011 By Dan Margolis

Massachusetts is one of only five states without a law aimed at ending human trafficking, but a bill introduced Jan. 20 into both the Massachusetts Senate and House of Representatives aims to change that.

Coming to terms with the Confederacy

January 18, 2011 By Mark Potok

Some groups want to remember the Confederacy "the right way." Whatever can they mean?

Lincoln’s fiery trial was America’s too

January 6, 2011 By Teresa Albano

Book review: Eric Foner's "The Fiery Trial: Abraham Lincoln and American Slavery."

Slaves who built U.S. Capitol to be honored

June 14, 2010 By Joe Sims

The U.S. Congress will acknowledge the role of slave labor in building the U.S. Capitol Building this week.

“Gone with the Wind” days in Virginia

April 8, 2010 By Emile Schepers

In the 2006 Senate election in Virginia, incumbent Republican George Allen was defeated by Democrat Jim Webb after undergoing what is called here his "macaca moment."