According to a recent study, 37% of the Columbus population was enslaved by 1860. The history behind slavery is a very dark ...

The slavery era was a gloomy time in Surry County as it was elsewhere in the nation, but a “monumental” new publication is casting light on that topic locally.

Enslaved griots were the originators of the tales of Bre’r Rabbit, sharing adapted West African fables after long days working. "This is Black history," says one historian.

TimesMachine is an exclusive benefit for home delivery and digital subscribers. About the Archive This is a digitized version of an article from The Times’s print archive, before the start of ...

PALATKA, Fla. (WCJB) - Putnam County Sheriff’s deputies shared a post on social media about what they call an unconventional first day of school. The jail has nine juveniles facing adult charges. They ...

Unemployment rates in Putnam County and more than 20 other Tennessee counties declined from the previous month, according to the latest report from the Tennessee Department of Labor and Workforce ...

A Tennessee District Attorneys General Conference report shows that 29 people in the country illegally committed a crime in Putnam County in the last three months of 2024. The reporting is part of ...

This interested the mainstream media. CSI’s John Eibner, an unsung hero, eventually helped free more than 100,000 slaves. The American Anti-Slavery Group raised money and garnered broad American ...

This interested the mainstream media. CSI’s John Eibner, an unsung hero, eventually helped free more than 100,000 slaves. The American Anti-Slavery Group raised money and garnered broad American ...

PALATKA, Fla. (WCJB) - Putnam County sheriff’s deputies are searching for a suspect in a child neglect case. Deputies say Bruce Harris faces charges alongside a woman after a one-year-old boy was ...

some whose families have ties to their land dating to slavery. ExploreDoes a rail spur justify forced land sales in a poor Georgia county? Fulton Superior Court Judge Craig Schwall said multiple times ...