Slavery

It wasn't underground, and it wasn't a railroad, so how did one of the most notable movements for freedom in American history end up with that name?

Note: This is an encore edition of Reader’s Corner. The episode originally aired in July 2023. An interview with Ilyon Woo, author of Master Slave Husband Wife. The book tells the remarkable true story of Ellen and William Craft, who escaped slavery with Ellen passing as a wealthy, disabled White man and William posing as “his” slave.

Esi Edugyan is the author of the book, Washington Black. The novel won the prestigious Giller Prize and was shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize. The…

Matthew Fox-Amato teaches history at the University of Idaho. Oxford University Press has just published his book, called “Exposing Slavery: Photography,…

Wednesday is Juneteenth, a day that commemorates the 1865 announcement of the abolition of slavery in Texas and the emancipation of enslaved African…

Kanye West just made news with his hard-to-follow tweets on the 13th amendment . Meanwhile, Colorado is focused on possibly changing a state version of...