The 13th Amendment abolished the evil institution of slavery in 1865, but debate continues over the relationship between slavery and the Constitution in 1789 and afterward. Was our founding document ...

Although the word "slavery" does not appear in the Constitution, Georgia and South Carolina delegates insisted that a proportion of their slave population be factored in to determine representation in ...

This week our Nation proudly celebrates the 238th anniversary of the signing of the United States Constitution — the legendary charter that established our experiment in self-government as the ...