SHREVEPORT, La. (KTAL/KMSS) – As people across the country celebrated Juneteenth, some question whether or not lawmakers in 1865 actually intended to abolish enslavement. Juneteenth commemorates the ...

Slavery helped bring about the deadliest military conflict in the history of the United States – the American Civil War. The Trans-Atlantic trading routes brought in more than 12 million enslaved ...

This week marks the 160th anniversary of the passage of the 13th Amendment. Congress, dominated by free state Republicans after the secession of slaveholding states, worked for 18 months to secure ...

A group of Democratic lawmakers has reintroduced a joint resolution to negate a clause in the 13th Amendment of the Constitution that permits slavery or involuntary servitude “as a punishment for ...

Editor's note: This is a regular feature on issues related to the Constitution and civics education written by Paul G. Summers, retired judge and state attorney general. The Thirteenth Amendment ...

WASHINGTON (KTVZ) – Senator Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., and Rep. Nikema Williams (D-GA-05) issued the following statement Tuesday to mark Juneteenth and the recent progress for their Abolition Amendment—a ...

In less than 60 days, voters in Alabama, Louisiana, Oregon, Tennessee, and Vermont will decide whether to abolish slavery. But it’s not exactly what you may think. The initiative on the ballot is a ...

Washington D.C. (WHTM) On January 31, 1865, the U.S. Congress passed the 13th Amendment to the Constitution, which ended slavery in the United States, and sent it to states for ratification. This is a ...

WASHINGTON (KTVZ) -- As Juneteenth approaches, Oregon's U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley, New Jersey's U.S. Senator Cory Booker, and U.S. Representative Nikema Williams (D-GA-05) teamed up to introduce the ...

Republicans and Democrats Can’t Agree on Anything — Except the AI Threat Alex Acosta Claims Lack of Victim Cooperation Would Have Derailed Epstein Prosecution Trump Commutes Former Representative ...

On Dec. 6, it will be exactly 157 years ago to the day that the 13th Amendment was ratified by the states, thereby becoming law of the land in 1865. Many people mistakenly believe this amendment ended ...