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An Unholy Traffic: Slave Trading in the Civil War South

Robert K. D. Colby

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A drawing of Confederate soldiers on horseback violently forcing Black people to walk south.

After Confederate Forces Took Their Children, These Black Mothers Fought to Reunite Their Families

Confederates kidnapped free Black people to sell into slavery. After the war, two women sought help from high places to track down their lost loved ones.

by Robert K. D. Colby via Smithsonian on February 6, 2025

"The Most Potent Money Power": Slave Traders, Dark Money, and Elections

In the midst of the secession crisis, Unionists accused slave traders of waging an assault on democracy.

by Robert K. D. Colby via Muster on October 19, 2018

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