Slavery Abolition

In late February 2026, Snopes readers asked us about videos of internet users listening to an unidentified voice reading out a purported transcript of a phone call between two Republican politicians, Kentucky Sen. Mitch McConnell and former Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy. In the call, McConnell and McCarthy allegedly…

Philadelphia is preparing to celebrate 250 years of American independence, even as a court fight over a slavery exhibit questions how much of that founding story should remain on display.Why it matters: The legal skirmish is not about facts; it's about whether to keep them in public view.Catch up quick:…

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — An exhibit detailing the lives of nine people enslaved by President George Washington in Philadelphia is being reinstalled on Thursday, despite an ongoing legal fight between the city and the Trump administration. The stories and images that had been on display for two decades were abruptly removed…

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — An exhibit detailing the lives of nine people enslaved by President George Washington in Philadelphia is being reinstalled on Thursday, despite an ongoing legal fight between the city and the Trump administration. The stories and images that had been on display for two decades were abruptly removed…

CHICAGO (WLS) — Presidents Day serves as a poignant moment to honor the leaders who have significantly influenced the American narrative, with Abraham Lincoln standing out as a notable figure. Lincoln’s deep connections to Illinois and Chicago anchor his historical legacy in the region. As the nation approaches its 250th…

A federal judge in Pennsylvania on Monday ordered the National Park Service to reinstall a slavery exhibit at a Philadelphia historic site, pending the outcome of ongoing litigation after the city sued the federal government over its removal. The National Park Service last month dismantled and removed a long-established slavery-related…

PHILADELPHIA — A federal judge on Monday ordered the Trump administration to restore exhibits on slavery that the National Park Service had removed from the President’s House last month. U.S. District Judge Cynthia M. Rufe’s ruling requires the federal government to restore the site “to its physical status as of January 21,…

An exhibit about nine people enslaved by George Washington must be restored at his former home in Philadelphia after President Donald Trump’s administration took it down last month, a federal judge ruled on President’s Day, the federal holiday honoring Washington’s legacy. The city of Philadelphia sued in January after the…

Judge Cynthia M. Rufe quoted George Orwell’s 1984 while granting the City of Philadelphia’s request for a preliminary injunction A federal judge in Pennsylvania has ordered the Trump administration to reinstall several exhibits about slavery that were removed from the President’s House Site in Philadelphia last month.  In a preliminary…

Early on the morning of May 29, 1660, flanked by twenty thousand armed men, King Charles II arrived in London to retake the throne. Bells rang out and ships fired their guns to mark the occasion. It was Charles’s thirtieth birthday. England had been without a king for eleven years,…